#5B9DE3#5B9DE3

#5B9DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9DE3
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -0.27, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 41.73, 269.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0397 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.124 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2315, 31.8814, 77.2187)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9DE3 #E3A15B

analogous

#5BE1E3 #5B9DE3 #5D5BE3

triadic

#5B9DE3 #E35B9D #9DE35B

tetradic

#5B9DE3 #E35BE1 #E3A15B #5BE35D

square

#5B9DE3 #E35BE1 #E3A15B #5BE35D

split-complementary

#5B9DE3 #E35D5B #E1E35B

monochromatic

#1D60A7 #277EDA #5B9DE3 #8FBCEC #C4DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#5B9DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#5B9DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DE3

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9DE3	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D93E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b9ec',
    500: '#5b9de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9de3;
$custom-light: #94b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68223,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9DE3

secondary

#E6CEB4

accent

#7613D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9DE3

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

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