#5BB0CF#5BB0CF

#5BB0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.094 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0CF
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -16.91, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 28.98, 234.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.067 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.094 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0979, 37.7769, 64.6722)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0CF #CF7A5B

analogous

#5BCFB4 #5BB0CF #5B76CF

triadic

#5BB0CF #CF5BB0 #B0CF5B

tetradic

#5BB0CF #B45BCF #CF7A5B #76CF5B

square

#5BB0CF #B45BCF #CF7A5B #76CF5B

split-complementary

#5BB0CF #CF5B76 #CFB45B

monochromatic

#286E88 #3695B7 #5BB0CF #8AC7DD #BADEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#5BB0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0CF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0CF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.094 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7dd',
    500: '#5bb0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0cf;
$custom-light: #92c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71605,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0CF

secondary

#DAB8AC

accent

#714ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0CF

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

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