#5BB2CE#5BB2CE

#5BB2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.093 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2CE
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -18.26, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 28.71, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0696 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.093 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3710, 38.5183, 64.1621)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2CE #CE775B

analogous

#5BCEB1 #5BB2CE #5B78CE

triadic

#5BB2CE #CE5BB2 #B2CE5B

tetradic

#5BB2CE #B15BCE #CE775B #78CE5B

square

#5BB2CE #B15BCE #CE775B #78CE5B

split-complementary

#5BB2CE #CE5B78 #CEB15B

monochromatic

#286F86 #3697B6 #5BB2CE #8AC8DC #B9DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BB2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#5BB2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2CE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2CE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.093 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9dd',
    500: '#5bb2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ce;
$custom-light: #92c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2CE

secondary

#D9B7AB

accent

#6E4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2CE

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

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