#5BB0DE#5BB0DE

#5BB0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0DE
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -12.39, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 33.31, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0616 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.106 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0195, 38.5456, 74.7930)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0DE #DE895B

analogous

#5BDECB #5BB0DE #5B6FDE

triadic

#5BB0DE #DE5BB0 #B0DE5B

tetradic

#5BB0DE #CB5BDE #DE895B #6FDE5B

square

#5BB0DE #CB5BDE #DE895B #6FDE5B

split-complementary

#5BB0DE #DE5B6F #DECB5B

monochromatic

#20729F #2A97D2 #5BB0DE #8EC9E8 #C1E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BB0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#5BB0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0DE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0DE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7e8',
    500: '#5bb0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0de;
$custom-light: #94c7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0DE

secondary

#E3C3B2

accent

#5717CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0DE

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

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