#5BCCE5#5BCCE5

#5BCCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.108 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCE5
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -24.81, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 33.16, 221.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0885 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.108 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0444, 51.0629, 81.8593)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCE5 #E5745B

analogous

#5BE5B9 #5BCCE5 #5B87E5

triadic

#5BCCE5 #E55BCC #CCE55B

tetradic

#5BCCE5 #B95BE5 #E5745B #87E55B

square

#5BCCE5 #B95BE5 #E5745B #87E55B

split-complementary

#5BCCE5 #E55B87 #E5B95B

monochromatic

#1B91AB #26BCDD #5BCCE5 #90DCED #C5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#5BCCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCE5

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCE5	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.108 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbed',
    500: '#5bcce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcce5;
$custom-light: #96dbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCE5

secondary

#AC4D38

accent

#3411D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCE5

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

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