#5BD2EC#5BD2EC

#5BD2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.112 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD2EC
RGB	rgb(91, 210, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -25.76, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 34.38, 221.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.092 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.112 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4951, 54.3690, 87.5954)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD2EC #EC755B

analogous

#5BECBE #5BD2EC #5B8AEC

triadic

#5BD2EC #EC5BD2 #D2EC5B

tetradic

#5BD2EC #BE5BEC #EC755B #8AEC5B

square

#5BD2EC #BE5BEC #EC755B #8AEC5B

split-complementary

#5BD2EC #EC5B8A #ECBE5B

monochromatic

#159AB7 #24C3E6 #5BD2EC #92E1F2 #C9F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5BD2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#5BD2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD2EC

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD2EC	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 210, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.112 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0f2',
    500: '#5bd2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd2ec;
$custom-light: #97e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80604,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD2EC

secondary

#B74C34

accent

#300ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD2EC

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

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