#5BCDEC#5BCDEC

#5BCDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.111 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDEC
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -23.27, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 34.12, 227.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0869 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.111 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2799, 51.9387, 87.1903)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDEC #EC7A5B

analogous

#5BECC3 #5BCDEC #5B85EC

triadic

#5BCDEC #EC5BCD #CDEC5B

tetradic

#5BCDEC #C35BEC #EC7A5B #85EC5B

square

#5BCDEC #C35BEC #EC7A5B #85EC5B

split-complementary

#5BCDEC #EC5B85 #ECC35B

monochromatic

#1595B7 #24BCE6 #5BCDEC #92DEF2 #C9EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#5BCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDEC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDEC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.111 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcf2',
    500: '#5bcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdec;
$custom-light: #97dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.828,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79455,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDEC

secondary

#B75034

accent

#370ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDEC

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

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