#5B9DBE#5B9DBE

#5B9DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.083 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9DBE
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -11.75, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 26.29, 243.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0517 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.083 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6622, 30.0537, 53.1538)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9DBE #BE7C5B

analogous

#5BBEAD #5B9DBE #5B6CBE

triadic

#5B9DBE #BE5B9D #9DBE5B

tetradic

#5B9DBE #AD5BBE #BE7C5B #6CBE5B

square

#5B9DBE #AD5BBE #BE7C5B #6CBE5B

split-complementary

#5B9DBE #BE5B6C #BEAD5B

monochromatic

#2D5B72 #3E7E9D #5B9DBE #87B7CF #B3D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#5B9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#5B9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DBE

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9DBE	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.083 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bad1',
    500: '#5b9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9dbe;
$custom-light: #90bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66495,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9DBE

secondary

#CFB3A6

accent

#7F55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9DBE

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

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