#5BCCF5#5BCCF5

#5BCCF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCF5
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -20.08, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 35.87, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0826 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.117 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3821, 51.9980, 94.1715)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCF5 #F5845B

analogous

#5BF5D1 #5BCCF5 #5B7FF5

triadic

#5BCCF5 #F55BCC #CCF55B

tetradic

#5BCCF5 #D15BF5 #F5845B #7FF55B

square

#5BCCF5 #D15BF5 #F5845B #7FF55B

split-complementary

#5BCCF5 #F55B7F #F5D15B

monochromatic

#0C97C9 #21BAF1 #5BCCF5 #95DEF9 #CEF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#5BCCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCF5

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCF5	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bccf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dbf8',
    500: '#5bccf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bccf5;
$custom-light: #98dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bccf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7959,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCF5

secondary

#C6572E

accent

#3D00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCF5

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

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