#5BCDE6#5BCDE6

#5BCDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.108 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE6
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -25.02, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 33.35, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0892 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.108 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4228, 51.5958, 82.6763)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE6 #E6745B

analogous

#5BE6B9 #5BCDE6 #5B88E6

triadic

#5BCDE6 #E65BCD #CDE65B

tetradic

#5BCDE6 #B95BE6 #E6745B #88E65B

square

#5BCDE6 #B95BE6 #E6745B #88E65B

split-complementary

#5BCDE6 #E65B88 #E6B95B

monochromatic

#1A92AC #26BDDE #5BCDE6 #90DDEE #C5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#5BCDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE6

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE6	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.108 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcee',
    500: '#5bcde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde6;
$custom-light: #96dcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.791,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79222,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE6

secondary

#AE4D38

accent

#3310D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE6

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

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