#5BCEF8#5BCEF8

#5BCEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCEF8
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -20.20, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 36.40, 236.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0835 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.119 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3222, 53.1395, 96.7626)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCEF8 #F8855B

analogous

#5BF8D4 #5BCEF8 #5B80F8

triadic

#5BCEF8 #F85BCE #CEF85B

tetradic

#5BCEF8 #D45BF8 #F8855B #80F85B

square

#5BCEF8 #D45BF8 #F8855B #80F85B

split-complementary

#5BCEF8 #F85B80 #F8D45B

monochromatic

#099BD0 #20BCF5 #5BCEF8 #96E0FB #D0F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#5BCEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#5BCEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCEF8

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCEF8	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BAF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ddfa',
    500: '#5bcef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcef8;
$custom-light: #98ddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 91.813,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80167,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCEF8

secondary

#CB572C

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCEF8

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

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