#5BB0D8#5BB0D8

#5BB0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0D8
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -14.22, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 31.38, 243.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0637 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.101 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2296, 38.2297, 70.6330)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0D8 #D8835B

analogous

#5BD8C1 #5BB0D8 #5B71D8

triadic

#5BB0D8 #D85BB0 #B0D85B

tetradic

#5BB0D8 #C15BD8 #D8835B #71D85B

square

#5BB0D8 #C15BD8 #D8835B #71D85B

split-complementary

#5BB0D8 #D85B71 #D8C15B

monochromatic

#237195 #2F96C7 #5BB0D8 #8CC8E4 #BEE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#5BB0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0D8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0D8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7e4',
    500: '#5bb0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0d8;
$custom-light: #93c7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0D8

secondary

#DFBFAF

accent

#541CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0D8

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

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