#5BB2C8#5BB2C8

#5BB2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.089 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2C8
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -20.00, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 27.70, 223.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0719 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.089 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6560, 38.2323, 60.3964)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2C8 #C8715B

analogous

#5BC8A8 #5BB2C8 #5B7CC8

triadic

#5BB2C8 #C85BB2 #B2C85B

tetradic

#5BB2C8 #A85BC8 #C8715B #7CC85B

square

#5BB2C8 #A85BC8 #C8715B #7CC85B

split-complementary

#5BB2C8 #C85B7C #C8A85B

monochromatic

#2A6D7E #3A95AC #5BB2C8 #89C8D7 #B7DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#5BB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2C8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2C8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.089 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9d8',
    500: '#5bb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2c8;
$custom-light: #92c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.11,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71791,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2C8

secondary

#D6B2A9

accent

#6B4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2C8

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

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