#5BB2CB#5BB2CB

#5BB2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.091 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2CB
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -19.13, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 28.16, 227.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0707 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.091 219)
XYZ	xyz(31.0101, 38.3739, 62.2610)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2CB #CB745B

analogous

#5BCBAC #5BB2CB #5B7ACB

triadic

#5BB2CB #CB5BB2 #B2CB5B

tetradic

#5BB2CB #AC5BCB #CB745B #7ACB5B

square

#5BB2CB #AC5BCB #CB745B #7ACB5B

split-complementary

#5BB2CB #CB5B7A #CBAC5B

monochromatic

#296E82 #3896B1 #5BB2CB #89C8DA #B8DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#5BB2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2CB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2CB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.091 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9da',
    500: '#5bb2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2cb;
$custom-light: #92c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71909,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2CB

secondary

#D7B4AA

accent

#6C4CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2CB

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

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