#5BCDE5#5BCDE5

#5BCDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.108 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE5
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -25.31, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 33.25, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0896 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.108 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2828, 51.5398, 81.9388)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE5 #E5735B

analogous

#5BE5B8 #5BCDE5 #5B88E5

triadic

#5BCDE5 #E55BCD #CDE55B

tetradic

#5BCDE5 #B85BE5 #E5735B #88E55B

square

#5BCDE5 #B85BE5 #E5735B #88E55B

split-complementary

#5BCDE5 #E55B88 #E5B85B

monochromatic

#1B92AB #26BDDD #5BCDE5 #90DDED #C5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#5BCDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE5

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE5	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.108 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dced',
    500: '#5bcde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde5;
$custom-light: #96dced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE5

secondary

#AC4C38

accent

#3311D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE5

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

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