#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
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -19.68, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 36.49, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0825 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.119 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0822, 52.6596, 96.6826)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5BCDF8	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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