#5BCDF4#5BCDF4

#5BCDF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.116 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDF4
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 244)
HSL	hsl(195, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 16%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -20.89, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 35.59, 234.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0839 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.116 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4683, 52.4140, 93.4492)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDF4 #F4825B

analogous

#5BF4CE #5BCDF4 #5B80F4

triadic

#5BCDF4 #F45BCD #CDF45B

tetradic

#5BCDF4 #CE5BF4 #F4825B #80F45B

square

#5BCDF4 #CE5BF4 #F4825B #80F45B

split-complementary

#5BCDF4 #F45B80 #F4CE5B

monochromatic

#0D98C7 #22BCF0 #5BCDF4 #94DEF8 #CEF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#5BCDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#5BCDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDF4

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDF4	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C9F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.116 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dcf7',
    500: '#5bcdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdf4;
$custom-light: #98dcf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 87.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79776,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDF4

secondary

#C4552F

accent

#3B02E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDF4

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

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