#5BCBEA#5BCBEA

#5BCBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.110 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBEA
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -22.85, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 33.77, 227.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0856 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.11 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5156, 50.8724, 85.5101)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBEA #EA7A5B

analogous

#5BEAC1 #5BCBEA #5B83EA

triadic

#5BCBEA #EA5BCB #CBEA5B

tetradic

#5BCBEA #C15BEA #EA7A5B #83EA5B

square

#5BCBEA #C15BEA #EA7A5B #83EA5B

split-complementary

#5BCBEA #EA5B83 #EAC15B

monochromatic

#1792B4 #25BAE3 #5BCBEA #91DCF1 #C8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#5BCBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBEA

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBEA	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.110 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dbf0',
    500: '#5bcbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbea;
$custom-light: #97dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.007,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBEA

secondary

#B45136

accent

#390CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBEA

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

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