#5BB0E8#5BB0E8

#5BB0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0E8
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -9.29, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 36.95, 255.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0582 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.116 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3997, 39.0977, 82.0620)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0E8 #E8935B

analogous

#5BE8DA #5BB0E8 #5B69E8

triadic

#5BB0E8 #E85BB0 #B0E85B

tetradic

#5BB0E8 #DA5BE8 #E8935B #69E85B

square

#5BB0E8 #DA5BE8 #E8935B #69E85B

split-complementary

#5BB0E8 #E85B69 #E8DA5B

monochromatic

#1974B0 #2596E0 #5BB0E8 #91CAF0 #C6E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5BB0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0E8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0E8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c7ef',
    500: '#5bb0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0e8;
$custom-light: #95c7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.83,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0E8

secondary

#E9CAB6

accent

#5E0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0E8

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

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