#5BB0CC#5BB0CC

#5BB0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.092 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0CC
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -17.79, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 28.34, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0681 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.092 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7346, 37.6316, 62.7590)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0CC #CC775B

analogous

#5BCCAF #5BB0CC #5B78CC

triadic

#5BB0CC #CC5BB0 #B0CC5B

tetradic

#5BB0CC #AF5BCC #CC775B #78CC5B

square

#5BB0CC #AF5BCC #CC775B #78CC5B

split-complementary

#5BB0CC #CC5B78 #CCAF5B

monochromatic

#296D84 #3794B2 #5BB0CC #8AC6DB #B8DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BB0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5BB0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0CC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0CC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.092 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7db',
    500: '#5bb0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0cc;
$custom-light: #92c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0CC

secondary

#D8B6AB

accent

#704CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0CC

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

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