#5BCDF0#5BCDF0

#5BCDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.114 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDF0
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -22.08, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 34.79, 230.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0854 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.114 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8676, 52.1737, 90.2853)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDF0 #F07E5B

analogous

#5BF0C9 #5BCDF0 #5B83F0

triadic

#5BCDF0 #F05BCD #CDF05B

tetradic

#5BCDF0 #C95BF0 #F07E5B #83F05B

square

#5BCDF0 #C95BF0 #F07E5B #83F05B

split-complementary

#5BCDF0 #F05B83 #F0C95B

monochromatic

#1196BF #23BCEB #5BCDF0 #93DEF5 #CBEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#5BCDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDF0

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDF0	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.114 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcf5',
    500: '#5bcdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdf0;
$custom-light: #97dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 83.24,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79614,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDF0

secondary

#BD5332

accent

#3906E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDF0

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

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