#5BB2CD#5BB2CD

#5BB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.092 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2CD
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -18.55, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 28.52, 229.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0699 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.092 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2499, 38.4698, 63.5244)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2CD #CD765B

analogous

#5BCDAF #5BB2CD #5B79CD

triadic

#5BB2CD #CD5BB2 #B2CD5B

tetradic

#5BB2CD #AF5BCD #CD765B #79CD5B

square

#5BB2CD #AF5BCD #CD765B #79CD5B

split-complementary

#5BB2CD #CD5B79 #CDAF5B

monochromatic

#296F85 #3796B4 #5BB2CD #8AC8DB #B9DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#5BB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2CD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2CD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.092 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9dc',
    500: '#5bb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2cd;
$custom-light: #92c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2CD

secondary

#D9B6AB

accent

#6E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2CD

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

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