#5BD4F0#5BD4F0

#5BD4F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4F0
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 240)
HSL	hsl(191, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -25.59, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 34.97, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0925 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.114 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5796, 55.5978, 90.8559)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4F0 #F0775B

analogous

#5BF0C1 #5BD4F0 #5B8AF0

triadic

#5BD4F0 #F05BD4 #D4F05B

tetradic

#5BD4F0 #C15BF0 #F0775B #8AF05B

square

#5BD4F0 #C15BF0 #F0775B #8AF05B

split-complementary

#5BD4F0 #F05B8A #F0C15B

monochromatic

#119EBF #23C5EB #5BD4F0 #93E3F5 #CBF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD4F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#5BD4F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4F0

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4F0	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e1f5',
    500: '#5bd4f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4f0;
$custom-light: #98e1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 83.24,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81217,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4F0

secondary

#BD4C32

accent

#2F06E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4F0

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

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