#5BCDF5#5BCDF5

#5BCDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDF5
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -20.59, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 35.80, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0836 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.117 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6206, 52.4749, 94.2510)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDF5 #F5835B

analogous

#5BF5D0 #5BCDF5 #5B80F5

triadic

#5BCDF5 #F55BCD #CDF55B

tetradic

#5BCDF5 #D05BF5 #F5835B #80F55B

square

#5BCDF5 #D05BF5 #F5835B #80F55B

split-complementary

#5BCDF5 #F55B80 #F5D05B

monochromatic

#0C98C9 #21BBF1 #5BCDF5 #95DFF9 #CEF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#5BCDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#5BCDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDF5

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDF5	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dcf8',
    500: '#5bcdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdf5;
$custom-light: #98dcf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79817,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDF5

secondary

#C6562E

accent

#3C00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDF5

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

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