#5BCAF5#5BCAF5

#5BCAF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.117 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAF5
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(197, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -19.05, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 36.05, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0805 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.117 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9098, 51.0534, 94.0141)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAF5 #F5865B

analogous

#5BF5D3 #5BCAF5 #5B7DF5

triadic

#5BCAF5 #F55BCA #CAF55B

tetradic

#5BCAF5 #D35BF5 #F5865B #7DF55B

square

#5BCAF5 #D35BF5 #F5865B #7DF55B

split-complementary

#5BCAF5 #F55B7D #F5D35B

monochromatic

#0C95C9 #21B7F1 #5BCAF5 #95DDF9 #CEEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#5BCAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAF5

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAF5	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcaf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.117 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98daf8',
    500: '#5bcaf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcaf5;
$custom-light: #98daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcaf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.753,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79136,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAF5

secondary

#C6592E

accent

#4000E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAF5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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