#5BB0E1#5BB0E1

#5BB0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0E1
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -11.47, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 34.35, 250.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0605 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.109 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4252, 38.7079, 76.9294)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0E1 #E18C5B

analogous

#5BE1CF #5BB0E1 #5B6DE1

triadic

#5BB0E1 #E15BB0 #B0E15B

tetradic

#5BB0E1 #CF5BE1 #E18C5B #6DE15B

square

#5BB0E1 #CF5BE1 #E18C5B #6DE15B

split-complementary

#5BB0E1 #E15B6D #E1CF5B

monochromatic

#1E73A4 #2797D7 #5BB0E1 #8FC9EA #C2E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#5BB0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0E1

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0E1	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7ea',
    500: '#5bb0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0e1;
$custom-light: #94c7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.94,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0E1

secondary

#E5C5B3

accent

#5914D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0E1

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

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