#5BCBF6#5BCBF6

#5BCBF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.118 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBF6
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 246)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -19.26, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 36.19, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0812 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.118 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2983, 51.5854, 94.8987)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBF6 #F6865B

analogous

#5BF6D3 #5BCBF6 #5B7DF6

triadic

#5BCBF6 #F65BCB #CBF65B

tetradic

#5BCBF6 #D35BF6 #F6865B #7DF65B

square

#5BCBF6 #D35BF6 #F6865B #7DF65B

split-complementary

#5BCBF6 #F65B7D #F6D35B

monochromatic

#0B96CB #21B9F3 #5BCBF6 #95DDF9 #CFF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCBF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#5BCBF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBF6

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBF6	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.118 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dbf9',
    500: '#5bcbf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbf6;
$custom-light: #98dbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79404,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBF6

secondary

#C7582E

accent

#4000E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBF6

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

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