#5BCDF6#5BCDF6

#5BCDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDF6
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 246)
HSL	hsl(196, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -20.29, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 36.02, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0832 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.118 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7736, 52.5362, 95.0572)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDF6 #F6845B

analogous

#5BF6D1 #5BCDF6 #5B7FF6

triadic

#5BCDF6 #F65BCD #CDF65B

tetradic

#5BCDF6 #D15BF6 #F6845B #7FF65B

square

#5BCDF6 #D15BF6 #F6845B #7FF65B

split-complementary

#5BCDF6 #F65B7F #F6D15B

monochromatic

#0B99CB #21BBF3 #5BCDF6 #95DFF9 #CFF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#5BCDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#5BCDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDF6

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDF6	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C9F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dcf9',
    500: '#5bcdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdf6;
$custom-light: #98dcf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDF6

secondary

#C7562E

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDF6

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

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