#5BCBEC#5BCBEC

#5BCBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.111 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBEC
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -22.26, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 34.10, 229.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0848 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.111 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8046, 50.9880, 87.0318)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBEC #EC7C5B

analogous

#5BECC5 #5BCBEC #5B83EC

triadic

#5BCBEC #EC5BCB #CBEC5B

tetradic

#5BCBEC #C55BEC #EC7C5B #83EC5B

square

#5BCBEC #C55BEC #EC7C5B #83EC5B

split-complementary

#5BCBEC #EC5B83 #ECC55B

monochromatic

#1592B7 #24BAE6 #5BCBEC #92DCF2 #C9EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#5BCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBEC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBEC	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.111 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dbf2',
    500: '#5bcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbec;
$custom-light: #97dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78996,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBEC

secondary

#B75234

accent

#3A0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBEC

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

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