#5BCBF4#5BCBF4

#5BCBF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.116 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBF4
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 244)
HSL	hsl(196, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -19.87, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 35.72, 236.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0819 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.116 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9930, 51.4633, 93.2908)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBF4 #F4845B

analogous

#5BF4D0 #5BCBF4 #5B7EF4

triadic

#5BCBF4 #F45BCB #CBF45B

tetradic

#5BCBF4 #D05BF4 #F4845B #7EF45B

square

#5BCBF4 #D05BF4 #F4845B #7EF45B

split-complementary

#5BCBF4 #F45B7E #F4D05B

monochromatic

#0D95C7 #22B9F0 #5BCBF4 #94DDF8 #CEEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCBF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#5BCBF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBF4

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBF4	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.116 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dbf7',
    500: '#5bcbf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbf4;
$custom-light: #98dbf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 87.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBF4

secondary

#C4572F

accent

#3E02E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBF4

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

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