#5BB0D0#5BB0D0

#5BB0D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.094 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0D0
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -16.62, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 29.22, 235.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0666 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.094 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2205, 37.8260, 65.3181)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0D0 #D07B5B

analogous

#5BD0B5 #5BB0D0 #5B75D0

triadic

#5BB0D0 #D05BB0 #B0D05B

tetradic

#5BB0D0 #B55BD0 #D07B5B #75D05B

square

#5BB0D0 #B55BD0 #D07B5B #75D05B

split-complementary

#5BB0D0 #D05B75 #D0B55B

monochromatic

#276E89 #3595B9 #5BB0D0 #8BC7DE #BADEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#5BB0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0D0

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0D0	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.094 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7de',
    500: '#5bb0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0d0;
$custom-light: #93c7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0D0

secondary

#DBB9AC

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0D0

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

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