#5BCDE4#5BCDE4

#5BCDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.107 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE4
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -25.60, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 33.16, 219.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.09 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.107 213)
XYZ	xyz(40.1436, 51.4841, 81.2056)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE4 #E4725B

analogous

#5BE4B7 #5BCDE4 #5B88E4

triadic

#5BCDE4 #E45BCD #CDE45B

tetradic

#5BCDE4 #B75BE4 #E4725B #88E45B

square

#5BCDE4 #B75BE4 #E4725B #88E45B

split-complementary

#5BCDE4 #E45B88 #E4B75B

monochromatic

#1C91A9 #26BDDB #5BCDE4 #90DDED #C4EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#5BCDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE4

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE4	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.107 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcec',
    500: '#5bcde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde4;
$custom-light: #96dcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79146,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.51488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE4

secondary

#AB4C39

accent

#3212D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE4

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

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