#5BCBE8#5BCBE8

#5BCBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBE8
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 232)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -23.43, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 33.47, 225.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0864 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.109 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2299, 50.7581, 84.0054)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBE8 #E8785B

analogous

#5BE8BE #5BCBE8 #5B84E8

triadic

#5BCBE8 #E85BCB #CBE85B

tetradic

#5BCBE8 #BE5BE8 #E8785B #84E85B

square

#5BCBE8 #BE5BE8 #E8785B #84E85B

split-complementary

#5BCBE8 #E85B84 #E8BE5B

monochromatic

#1991B0 #25BAE0 #5BCBE8 #91DCF0 #C6EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#5BCBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBE8

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBE8	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbef',
    500: '#5bcbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbe8;
$custom-light: #96dbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.34,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78838,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBE8

secondary

#B15037

accent

#370ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBE8

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

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