#5BCBF5#5BCBF5

#5BCBF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBF5
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -19.57, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 35.95, 237.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0815 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.117 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1452, 51.5242, 94.0926)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBF5 #F5855B

analogous

#5BF5D2 #5BCBF5 #5B7EF5

triadic

#5BCBF5 #F55BCB #CBF55B

tetradic

#5BCBF5 #D25BF5 #F5855B #7EF55B

square

#5BCBF5 #D25BF5 #F5855B #7EF55B

split-complementary

#5BCBF5 #F55B7E #F5D25B

monochromatic

#0C96C9 #21B9F1 #5BCBF5 #95DDF9 #CEF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#5BCBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBF5

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBF5	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dbf8',
    500: '#5bcbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbf5;
$custom-light: #98dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79362,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBF5

secondary

#C6582E

accent

#3F00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBF5

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

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