#5BD4F6#5BD4F6

#5BD4F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.117 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4F6
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 246)
HSL	hsl(193, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 13.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -23.82, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 35.80, 228.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0903 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.117 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4857, 55.9602, 95.6279)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4F6 #F67D5B

analogous

#5BF6CA #5BD4F6 #5B86F6

triadic

#5BD4F6 #F65BD4 #D4F65B

tetradic

#5BD4F6 #CA5BF6 #F67D5B #86F65B

square

#5BD4F6 #CA5BF6 #F67D5B #86F65B

split-complementary

#5BD4F6 #F65B86 #F6CA5B

monochromatic

#0BA1CB #21C5F3 #5BD4F6 #95E3F9 #CFF2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD4F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#5BD4F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4F6

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4F6	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCFF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.117 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e1f9',
    500: '#5bd4f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4f6;
$custom-light: #98e1f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.161,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81452,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4F6

secondary

#C74F2E

accent

#3200E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4F6

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

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