#5BCDEE#5BCDEE

#5BCDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.112 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDEE
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -22.68, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 34.44, 228.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0861 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.112 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5721, 52.0555, 88.7292)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDEE #EE7C5B

analogous

#5BEEC5 #5BCDEE #5B84EE

triadic

#5BCDEE #EE5BCD #CDEE5B

tetradic

#5BCDEE #C55BEE #EE7C5B #84EE5B

square

#5BCDEE #C55BEE #EE7C5B #84EE5B

split-complementary

#5BCDEE #EE5B84 #EEC55B

monochromatic

#1396BB #24BCE8 #5BCDEE #92DEF4 #CAEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#5BCDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDEE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDEE	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.112 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcf3',
    500: '#5bcdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdee;
$custom-light: #97dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDEE

secondary

#BA5133

accent

#3808DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDEE

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

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