#5BB1CE#5BB1CE

#5BB1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1CE
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -17.73, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 28.73, 231.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0685 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.093 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1728, 38.1218, 64.0960)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1CE #CE785B

analogous

#5BCEB1 #5BB1CE #5B77CE

triadic

#5BB1CE #CE5BB1 #B1CE5B

tetradic

#5BB1CE #B15BCE #CE785B #77CE5B

square

#5BB1CE #B15BCE #CE785B #77CE5B

split-complementary

#5BB1CE #CE5B77 #CEB15B

monochromatic

#286F86 #3695B6 #5BB1CE #8AC7DC #B9DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#5BB1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1CE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1CE	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8dd',
    500: '#5bb1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1ce;
$custom-light: #92c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1CE

secondary

#D9B7AB

accent

#6F4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1CE

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

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