#5BB0E6#5BB0E6

#5BB0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0E6
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -9.92, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 36.18, 254.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0589 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.114 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1173, 38.9847, 80.5744)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0E6 #E6915B

analogous

#5BE6D6 #5BB0E6 #5B6BE6

triadic

#5BB0E6 #E65BB0 #B0E65B

tetradic

#5BB0E6 #D65BE6 #E6915B #6BE65B

square

#5BB0E6 #D65BE6 #E6915B #6BE65B

split-complementary

#5BB0E6 #E65B6B #E6D65B

monochromatic

#1A74AC #2696DE #5BB0E6 #90CAEE #C5E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#5BB0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0E6

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0E6	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c7ee',
    500: '#5bb0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0e6;
$custom-light: #95c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.309,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0E6

secondary

#E7C9B5

accent

#5D10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0E6

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

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