#5BCDEA#5BCDEA

#5BCDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.110 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDEA
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -23.85, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 33.83, 225.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0877 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.11 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9910, 51.8231, 85.6686)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDEA #EA785B

analogous

#5BEABF #5BCDEA #5B85EA

triadic

#5BCDEA #EA5BCD #CDEA5B

tetradic

#5BCDEA #BF5BEA #EA785B #85EA5B

square

#5BCDEA #BF5BEA #EA785B #85EA5B

split-complementary

#5BCDEA #EA5B85 #EABF5B

monochromatic

#1794B4 #25BCE3 #5BCDEA #91DEF1 #C8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#5BCDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#5BCDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDEA

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDEA	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.110 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcf0',
    500: '#5bcdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdea;
$custom-light: #97dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.168,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79376,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDEA

secondary

#B44F36

accent

#360CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDEA

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

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