#5BB2D3#5BB2D3

#5BB2D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.096 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D3
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -16.78, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 29.80, 235.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0677 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.096 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9881, 38.7651, 67.4121)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D3 #D37C5B

analogous

#5BD3B8 #5BB2D3 #5B76D3

triadic

#5BB2D3 #D35BB2 #B2D35B

tetradic

#5BB2D3 #B85BD3 #D37C5B #76D35B

square

#5BB2D3 #B85BD3 #D37C5B #76D35B

split-complementary

#5BB2D3 #D35B76 #D3B85B

monochromatic

#26718E #3398BE #5BB2D3 #8BC9E0 #BCDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB2D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#5BB2D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.096 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e0',
    500: '#5bb2d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d3;
$custom-light: #93c9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D3

secondary

#DCBAAD

accent

#7147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D3

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

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