#5BCAF6#5BCAF6

#5BCAF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.118 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAF6
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 246)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -18.75, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 36.30, 238.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0802 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.118 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0629, 51.1147, 94.8203)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAF6 #F6875B

analogous

#5BF6D4 #5BCAF6 #5B7CF6

triadic

#5BCAF6 #F65BCA #CAF65B

tetradic

#5BCAF6 #D45BF6 #F6875B #7CF65B

square

#5BCAF6 #D45BF6 #F6875B #7CF65B

split-complementary

#5BCAF6 #F65B7C #F6D45B

monochromatic

#0B95CB #21B7F3 #5BCAF6 #95DDF9 #CFEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#5BCAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAF6

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAF6	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcaf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.118 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98daf9',
    500: '#5bcaf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcaf6;
$custom-light: #98daf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcaf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79177,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAF6

secondary

#C7592E

accent

#4100E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAF6

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

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