#5BB2D4#5BB2D4

#5BB2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D4
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -16.48, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 30.05, 236.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0673 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.097 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1139, 38.8154, 68.0743)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D4 #D47D5B

analogous

#5BD4BA #5BB2D4 #5B75D4

triadic

#5BB2D4 #D45BB2 #B2D45B

tetradic

#5BB2D4 #BA5BD4 #D47D5B #75D45B

square

#5BB2D4 #BA5BD4 #D47D5B #75D45B

split-complementary

#5BB2D4 #D45B75 #D4BA5B

monochromatic

#26718F #3298C0 #5BB2D4 #8BC9E1 #BCE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#5BB2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D4

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D4	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e1',
    500: '#5bb2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d4;
$custom-light: #93c9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72273,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D4

secondary

#DDBBAE

accent

#7246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D4

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

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