#5BD4ED#5BD4ED

#5BD4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.112 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4ED
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -26.46, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 34.66, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0937 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.112 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1377, 55.4210, 88.5283)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4ED #ED745B

analogous

#5BEDBD #5BD4ED #5B8BED

triadic

#5BD4ED #ED5BD4 #D4ED5B

tetradic

#5BD4ED #BD5BED #ED745B #8BED5B

square

#5BD4ED #BD5BED #ED745B #8BED5B

split-complementary

#5BD4ED #ED5B8B #EDBD5B

monochromatic

#149DB9 #24C6E7 #5BD4ED #92E2F3 #C9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#5BD4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4ED

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4ED	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.112 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e1f2',
    500: '#5bd4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4ed;
$custom-light: #98e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.274,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81102,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4ED

secondary

#B84A34

accent

#2D09DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4ED

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

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