#5B9BE6#5B9BE6

#5B9BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.130 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9BE6
RGB	rgb(91, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 1.85, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 44.08, 272.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0368 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.13 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3135, 31.3772, 79.3065)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9BE6 #E6A65B

analogous

#5BE1E6 #5B9BE6 #605BE6

triadic

#5B9BE6 #E65B9B #9BE65B

tetradic

#5B9BE6 #E65BE1 #E6A65B #5BE660

square

#5B9BE6 #E65BE1 #E6A65B #5BE660

split-complementary

#5B9BE6 #E6605B #E1E65B

monochromatic

#1A5EAC #267BDE #5B9BE6 #90BBEE #C5DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#5B9BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#5B9BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9BE6

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9BE6	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6992E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.130 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b8ee',
    500: '#5b9be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9be6;
$custom-light: #94b8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.374,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6794,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9BE6

secondary

#E7D0B5

accent

#7B10D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9BE6

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

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