#5BB2D2#5BB2D2

#5BB2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.096 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D2
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -17.08, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 29.57, 234.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.068 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.096 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8631, 38.7151, 66.7539)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D2 #D27B5B

analogous

#5BD2B6 #5BB2D2 #5B77D2

triadic

#5BB2D2 #D25BB2 #B2D25B

tetradic

#5BB2D2 #B65BD2 #D27B5B #77D25B

square

#5BB2D2 #B65BD2 #D27B5B #77D25B

split-complementary

#5BB2D2 #D25B77 #D2B65B

monochromatic

#26718C #3497BC #5BB2D2 #8BC9DF #BBDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#5BB2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.096 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9df',
    500: '#5bb2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d2;
$custom-light: #93c9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7219,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D2

secondary

#DCBAAD

accent

#7148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D2

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

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