#5BCDE7#5BCDE7

#5BCDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.109 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE7
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 231)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -24.73, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 33.46, 222.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0888 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.109 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5636, 51.6522, 83.4179)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE7 #E7755B

analogous

#5BE7BB #5BCDE7 #5B87E7

triadic

#5BCDE7 #E75BCD #CDE75B

tetradic

#5BCDE7 #BB5BE7 #E7755B #87E75B

square

#5BCDE7 #BB5BE7 #E7755B #87E75B

split-complementary

#5BCDE7 #E75B87 #E7BB5B

monochromatic

#1993AE #26BDDF #5BCDE7 #90DDEF #C6EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#5BCDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#5BCDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE7

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE7	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.109 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcee',
    500: '#5bcde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde7;
$custom-light: #97dcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7926,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE7

secondary

#AF4D37

accent

#340FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE7

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

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