#5BD4EE#5BD4EE

#5BD4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4EE
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -26.17, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 34.75, 221.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0933 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.113 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2842, 55.4796, 89.2999)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4EE #EE755B

analogous

#5BEEBE #5BD4EE #5B8BEE

triadic

#5BD4EE #EE5BD4 #D4EE5B

tetradic

#5BD4EE #BE5BEE #EE755B #8BEE5B

square

#5BD4EE #BE5BEE #EE755B #8BEE5B

split-complementary

#5BD4EE #EE5B8B #EEBE5B

monochromatic

#139EBB #24C5E8 #5BD4EE #92E3F4 #CAF1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#5BD4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4EE

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4EE	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e1f3',
    500: '#5bd4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4ee;
$custom-light: #98e1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8114,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4EE

secondary

#BA4B33

accent

#2E08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4EE

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

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