#5BD5EE#5BD5EE

#5BD5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.113 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5EE
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -26.66, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 34.84, 220.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0943 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.113 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5349, 55.9811, 89.3834)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5EE #EE745B

analogous

#5BEEBE #5BD5EE #5B8CEE

triadic

#5BD5EE #EE5BD5 #D5EE5B

tetradic

#5BD5EE #BE5BEE #EE745B #8CEE5B

square

#5BD5EE #BE5BEE #EE745B #8CEE5B

split-complementary

#5BD5EE #EE5B8C #EEBE5B

monochromatic

#139FBB #24C7E8 #5BD5EE #92E3F4 #CAF1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#5BD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5EE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5EE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.113 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e2f3',
    500: '#5bd5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5ee;
$custom-light: #98e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.204,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8137,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5EE

secondary

#BA4A33

accent

#2C08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5EE

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

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