#5BB1CC#5BB1CC

#5BB1CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.092 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1CC
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -18.32, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 28.33, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0692 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.092 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9314, 38.0252, 62.8246)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1CC #CC765B

analogous

#5BCCAE #5BB1CC #5B79CC

triadic

#5BB1CC #CC5BB1 #B1CC5B

tetradic

#5BB1CC #AE5BCC #CC765B #79CC5B

square

#5BB1CC #AE5BCC #CC765B #79CC5B

split-complementary

#5BB1CC #CC5B79 #CCAE5B

monochromatic

#296E84 #3795B2 #5BB1CC #8AC7DB #B8DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5BB1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#5BB1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1CC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1CC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.092 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8db',
    500: '#5bb1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1cc;
$custom-light: #92c8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1CC

secondary

#D8B6AB

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1CC

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

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