#5BB0EE#5BB0EE

#5BB0EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0EE
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 26.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -7.40, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 39.35, 259.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0563 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.122 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2665, 39.4444, 86.6273)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0EE #EE995B

analogous

#5BEEE2 #5BB0EE #5B67EE

triadic

#5BB0EE #EE5BB0 #B0EE5B

tetradic

#5BB0EE #E25BEE #EE995B #67EE5B

square

#5BB0EE #E25BEE #EE995B #67EE5B

split-complementary

#5BB0EE #EE5B67 #EEE25B

monochromatic

#1374BB #2495E8 #5BB0EE #92CBF4 #CAE5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5BB0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#5BB0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0EE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0EE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c7f3',
    500: '#5bb0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0ee;
$custom-light: #96c7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.306,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0EE

secondary

#ECCEB9

accent

#6208DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0EE

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

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