#5BCDF1#5BCDF1

#5BCDF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDF1
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 241)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -21.79, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 34.98, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.085 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.114 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0165, 52.2333, 91.0698)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDF1 #F17F5B

analogous

#5BF1CA #5BCDF1 #5B82F1

triadic

#5BCDF1 #F15BCD #CDF15B

tetradic

#5BCDF1 #CA5BF1 #F17F5B #82F15B

square

#5BCDF1 #CA5BF1 #F17F5B #82F15B

split-complementary

#5BCDF1 #F15B82 #F1CA5B

monochromatic

#1097C1 #23BCEC #5BCDF1 #93DEF6 #CCEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#5BCDF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#5BCDF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDF1

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDF1	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dcf5',
    500: '#5bcdf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdf1;
$custom-light: #98dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 84.27,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79654,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDF1

secondary

#BF5331

accent

#3A05E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDF1

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

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