#5BCDF8#5BCDF8

#5BCDF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BCDF8
RGBrgb(91, 205, 248)
HSLhsl(196, 92%, 66%)
HSVhsv(196, 63%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(63.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.67, -19.68, -30.73)
CIE-LCHlch(77.67, 36.49, 237.35°)
OKLaboklab(79.94% -0.0825 -0.0858)
OKLCHoklch(79.94% 0.119 226.1)
XYZxyz(43.0822, 52.6596, 96.6826)
Luminance0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BCDF8 #F8865B
analogous
#5BF8D5 #5BCDF8 #5B7FF8
triadic
#5BCDF8 #F85BCD #CDF85B
tetradic
#5BCDF8 #D55BF8 #F8865B #7FF85B
square
#5BCDF8 #D55BF8 #F8865B #7FF85B
split-complementary
#5BCDF8 #F85B7F #F8D55B
monochromatic
#0999D0 #20BBF5 #5BCDF8 #96DFFB #D0F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#5BCDF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53
#5BCDF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDF8
11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BCDF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BCDF81.001.8211.5311.53
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5321.001.001.00
##00000011.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C9FA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B9F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DADB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bcdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 226.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dcfa',
    500: '#5bcdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bcdf8;
$custom-light: #98dcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bcdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 91.813,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79941,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BCDF8
secondary
#CB582C
accent
#3F00E6
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFF
border
#CFD5D7
text
#0F1517
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDF8

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#5BCDF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva