#5BB0D5#5BB0D5

#5BB0D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.098 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0D5
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -15.12, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 30.52, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0647 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.098 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8454, 38.0759, 68.6091)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0D5 #D5805B

analogous

#5BD5BD #5BB0D5 #5B73D5

triadic

#5BB0D5 #D55BB0 #B0D55B

tetradic

#5BB0D5 #BD5BD5 #D5805B #73D55B

square

#5BB0D5 #BD5BD5 #D5805B #73D55B

split-complementary

#5BB0D5 #D55B73 #D5BD5B

monochromatic

#257091 #3296C1 #5BB0D5 #8CC7E1 #BCDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5BB0D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#5BB0D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0D5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0D5	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.098 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7e2',
    500: '#5bb0d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0d5;
$custom-light: #93c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0D5

secondary

#DEBDAE

accent

#7545E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0D5

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

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