#5BCCF6#5BCCF6

#5BCCF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCF6
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 246)
HSL	hsl(196, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -19.78, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 36.10, 236.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0822 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.118 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5352, 52.0593, 94.9777)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCF6 #F6855B

analogous

#5BF6D2 #5BCCF6 #5B7EF6

triadic

#5BCCF6 #F65BCC #CCF65B

tetradic

#5BCCF6 #D25BF6 #F6855B #7EF65B

square

#5BCCF6 #D25BF6 #F6855B #7EF65B

split-complementary

#5BCCF6 #F65B7E #F6D25B

monochromatic

#0B97CB #21BAF3 #5BCCF6 #95DEF9 #CFF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCCF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#5BCCF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCF6

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCF6	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bccf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dbf9',
    500: '#5bccf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bccf6;
$custom-light: #98dbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bccf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCF6

secondary

#C7572E

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCF6

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

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