#5BCBF0#5BCBF0

#5BCBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.114 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBF0
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -21.07, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 34.85, 232.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0834 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.114 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3922, 51.2230, 90.1268)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBF0 #F0805B

analogous

#5BF0CA #5BCBF0 #5B81F0

triadic

#5BCBF0 #F05BCB #CBF05B

tetradic

#5BCBF0 #CA5BF0 #F0805B #81F05B

square

#5BCBF0 #CA5BF0 #F0805B #81F05B

split-complementary

#5BCBF0 #F05B81 #F0CA5B

monochromatic

#1194BF #23B9EB #5BCBF0 #93DDF5 #CBEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#5BCBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBF0

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBF0	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.114 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dbf5',
    500: '#5bcbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbf0;
$custom-light: #97dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 83.24,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBF0

secondary

#BD5532

accent

#3C06E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBF0

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

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