#5BB1E2#5BB1E2

#5BB1E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1E2
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -11.70, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 34.47, 250.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0612 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.109 236)
XYZ	xyz(33.7588, 39.1562, 77.7156)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1E2 #E28C5B

analogous

#5BE2D0 #5BB1E2 #5B6EE2

triadic

#5BB1E2 #E25BB1 #B1E25B

tetradic

#5BB1E2 #D05BE2 #E28C5B #6EE25B

square

#5BB1E2 #D05BE2 #E28C5B #6EE25B

split-complementary

#5BB1E2 #E25B6E #E2D05B

monochromatic

#1D74A5 #2798D9 #5BB1E2 #8FCAEB #C3E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#5BB1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1E2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1E2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c8eb',
    500: '#5bb1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1e2;
$custom-light: #94c8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72646,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.39159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1E2

secondary

#E5C6B4

accent

#5914D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1E2

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

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