#5BB0C8#5BB0C8

#5BB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0C8
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -18.96, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 27.60, 226.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0696 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.089 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2610, 37.4422, 60.2647)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0C8 #C8735B

analogous

#5BC8AA #5BB0C8 #5B7AC8

triadic

#5BB0C8 #C85BB0 #B0C85B

tetradic

#5BB0C8 #AA5BC8 #C8735B #7AC85B

square

#5BB0C8 #AA5BC8 #C8735B #7AC85B

split-complementary

#5BB0C8 #C85B7A #C8AA5B

monochromatic

#2A6C7E #3A93AC #5BB0C8 #89C6D7 #B7DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#5BB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0C8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0C8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7d8',
    500: '#5bb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0c8;
$custom-light: #92c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.211,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0C8

secondary

#D6B3A9

accent

#6D4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0C8

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

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