#5BB2CF#5BB2CF

#5BB2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.094 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2CF
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -17.96, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 28.91, 231.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0692 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.094 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4929, 38.5670, 64.8039)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2CF #CF785B

analogous

#5BCFB2 #5BB2CF #5B78CF

triadic

#5BB2CF #CF5BB2 #B2CF5B

tetradic

#5BB2CF #B25BCF #CF785B #78CF5B

square

#5BB2CF #B25BCF #CF785B #78CF5B

split-complementary

#5BB2CF #CF5B78 #CFB25B

monochromatic

#287088 #3697B7 #5BB2CF #8AC8DD #BADEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BB2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#5BB2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2CF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2CF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.094 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9dd',
    500: '#5bb2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2cf;
$custom-light: #93c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2CF

secondary

#DAB7AC

accent

#6F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2CF

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

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