#5BB0E2#5BB0E2

#5BB0E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0E2
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -11.16, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.70, 251.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0602 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.11 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5620, 38.7626, 77.6500)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0E2 #E28D5B

analogous

#5BE2D0 #5BB0E2 #5B6DE2

triadic

#5BB0E2 #E25BB0 #B0E25B

tetradic

#5BB0E2 #D05BE2 #E28D5B #6DE25B

square

#5BB0E2 #D05BE2 #E28D5B #6DE25B

split-complementary

#5BB0E2 #E25B6D #E2D05B

monochromatic

#1D73A5 #2797D9 #5BB0E2 #8FC9EB #C3E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#5BB0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0E2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0E2	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7eb',
    500: '#5bb0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0e2;
$custom-light: #94c7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0E2

secondary

#E5C6B4

accent

#5A14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0E2

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

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