#5BCDE8#5BCDE8

#5BCDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.109 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE8
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -24.44, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 33.57, 223.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0884 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.109 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7053, 51.7088, 84.1639)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE8 #E8765B

analogous

#5BE8BC #5BCDE8 #5B86E8

triadic

#5BCDE8 #E85BCD #CDE85B

tetradic

#5BCDE8 #BC5BE8 #E8765B #86E85B

square

#5BCDE8 #BC5BE8 #E8765B #86E85B

split-complementary

#5BCDE8 #E85B86 #E8BC5B

monochromatic

#1993B0 #25BDE0 #5BCDE8 #91DDF0 #C6EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#5BCDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#5BCDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE8

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE8	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.109 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcef',
    500: '#5bcde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde8;
$custom-light: #97dcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79299,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE8

secondary

#B14E37

accent

#350ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE8

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

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