#5BCCE6#5BCCE6

#5BCCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.108 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCE6
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -24.52, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 33.27, 222.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0882 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.108 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1844, 51.1189, 82.5968)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCE6 #E6755B

analogous

#5BE6BA #5BCCE6 #5B86E6

triadic

#5BCCE6 #E65BCC #CCE65B

tetradic

#5BCCE6 #BA5BE6 #E6755B #86E65B

square

#5BCCE6 #BA5BE6 #E6755B #86E65B

split-complementary

#5BCCE6 #E65B86 #E6BA5B

monochromatic

#1A91AC #26BBDE #5BCCE6 #90DDEE #C5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#5BCCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCE6

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCE6	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.108 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbee',
    500: '#5bcce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcce6;
$custom-light: #96dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78991,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCE6

secondary

#AE4E38

accent

#3510D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCE6

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

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