#5B9CE3#5B9CE3

#5B9CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.125 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9CE3
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 0.31, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 42.17, 270.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0387 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.125 252)
XYZ	xyz(30.0630, 31.5444, 77.1625)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9CE3 #E3A25B

analogous

#5BE0E3 #5B9CE3 #5E5BE3

triadic

#5B9CE3 #E35B9C #9CE35B

tetradic

#5B9CE3 #E35BE0 #E3A25B #5BE35E

square

#5B9CE3 #E35BE0 #E3A25B #5BE35E

split-complementary

#5B9CE3 #E35E5B #E0E35B

monochromatic

#1D5FA7 #277CDA #5B9CE3 #8FBCEC #C4DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#5B9CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#5B9CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9CE3

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9CE3	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C92E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.125 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b8ec',
    500: '#5b9ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9ce3;
$custom-light: #94b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.324,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68003,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.31547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9CE3

secondary

#E6CEB4

accent

#7713D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9CE3

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

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