#5BB0CE#5BB0CE

#5BB0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.093 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0CE
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -17.21, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 28.76, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0673 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.093 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9760, 37.7282, 64.0304)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0CE #CE795B

analogous

#5BCEB2 #5BB0CE #5B76CE

triadic

#5BB0CE #CE5BB0 #B0CE5B

tetradic

#5BB0CE #B25BCE #CE795B #76CE5B

square

#5BB0CE #B25BCE #CE795B #76CE5B

split-complementary

#5BB0CE #CE5B76 #CEB25B

monochromatic

#286E86 #3694B6 #5BB0CE #8AC7DC #B9DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BB0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#5BB0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0CE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0CE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.093 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7dd',
    500: '#5bb0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0ce;
$custom-light: #92c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71564,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0CE

secondary

#D9B7AB

accent

#714ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0CE

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

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