#5BCEF6#5BCEF6

#5BCEF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.117 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCEF6
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 246)
HSL	hsl(195, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -20.80, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 35.96, 234.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0842 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.117 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0136, 53.0161, 95.1372)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCEF6 #F6835B

analogous

#5BF6D0 #5BCEF6 #5B80F6

triadic

#5BCEF6 #F65BCE #CEF65B

tetradic

#5BCEF6 #D05BF6 #F6835B #80F65B

square

#5BCEF6 #D05BF6 #F6835B #80F65B

split-complementary

#5BCEF6 #F65B80 #F6D05B

monochromatic

#0B9ACB #21BDF3 #5BCEF6 #95DFF9 #CFF1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#5BCEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#5BCEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCEF6

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCEF6	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.117 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ddf9',
    500: '#5bcef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcef6;
$custom-light: #98ddf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80085,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCEF6

secondary

#C7552E

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCEF6

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

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