#5BCDEB#5BCDEB

#5BCDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.111 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDEB
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -23.56, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 33.97, 226.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0873 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.111 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1350, 51.8807, 86.4273)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDEB #EB795B

analogous

#5BEBC1 #5BCDEB #5B85EB

triadic

#5BCDEB #EB5BCD #CDEB5B

tetradic

#5BCDEB #C15BEB #EB795B #85EB5B

square

#5BCDEB #C15BEB #EB795B #85EB5B

split-complementary

#5BCDEB #EB5B85 #EBC15B

monochromatic

#1694B5 #24BCE4 #5BCDEB #92DEF2 #C8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#5BCDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#5BCDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDEB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDEB	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.111 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcf1',
    500: '#5bcdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdeb;
$custom-light: #97dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79416,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDEB

secondary

#B55035

accent

#360BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDEB

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

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