#5BD6EF#5BD6EF

#5BD6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.114 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6EF
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -26.86, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 35.03, 219.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.095 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.114 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9345, 56.5447, 90.2434)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6EF #EF745B

analogous

#5BEFBE #5BD6EF #5B8CEF

triadic

#5BD6EF #EF5BD6 #D6EF5B

tetradic

#5BD6EF #BE5BEF #EF745B #8CEF5B

square

#5BD6EF #BE5BEF #EF745B #8CEF5B

split-complementary

#5BD6EF #EF5B8C #EFBE5B

monochromatic

#12A0BD #23C8EA #5BD6EF #93E4F4 #CBF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#5BD6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6EF

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6EF	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.114 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e3f4',
    500: '#5bd6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6ef;
$custom-light: #98e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.135,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81638,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6EF

secondary

#BC4A33

accent

#2B07DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6EF

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

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