#5BB2D5#5BB2D5

#5BB2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.098 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D5
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -16.18, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 30.30, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0669 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.098 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2404, 38.8660, 68.7407)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D5 #D57E5B

analogous

#5BD5BB #5BB2D5 #5B75D5

triadic

#5BB2D5 #D55BB2 #B2D55B

tetradic

#5BB2D5 #BB5BD5 #D57E5B #75D55B

square

#5BB2D5 #BB5BD5 #D57E5B #75D55B

split-complementary

#5BB2D5 #D55B75 #D5BB5B

monochromatic

#257291 #3298C1 #5BB2D5 #8CC9E1 #BCE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#5BB2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.098 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e2',
    500: '#5bb2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d5;
$custom-light: #93c9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72314,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D5

secondary

#DEBCAE

accent

#7245E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D5

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

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