#5BCAFE#5BCAFE

#5BCAFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAFE
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 254)
HSL	hsl(199, 99%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -16.30, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 38.51, 244.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0774 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.125 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3173, 51.6164, 101.4268)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAFE #FE8F5B

analogous

#5BFEE0 #5BCAFE #5B78FE

triadic

#5BCAFE #FE5BCA #CAFE5B

tetradic

#5BCAFE #E05BFE #FE8F5B #78FE5B

square

#5BCAFE #E05BFE #FE8F5B #78FE5B

split-complementary

#5BCAFE #FE5B78 #FEE05B

monochromatic

#0197DD #1EB6FE #5BCAFE #98DEFE #D5F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#5BCAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#5BCAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAFE

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAFE	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99daff',
    500: '#5bcafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcafe;
$custom-light: #99daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 98.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAFE

secondary

#D65F27

accent

#4900E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1418

muted

#808386

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAFE

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

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