#5BB2D6#5BB2D6

#5BB2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D6
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -15.88, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 30.56, 238.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0666 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.099 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3677, 38.9169, 69.4113)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D6 #D67F5B

analogous

#5BD6BD #5BB2D6 #5B75D6

triadic

#5BB2D6 #D65BB2 #B2D65B

tetradic

#5BB2D6 #BD5BD6 #D67F5B #75D65B

square

#5BB2D6 #BD5BD6 #D67F5B #75D65B

split-complementary

#5BB2D6 #D65B75 #D6BD5B

monochromatic

#257292 #3198C3 #5BB2D6 #8CC9E2 #BDE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#5BB2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D6

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D6	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e2',
    500: '#5bb2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d6;
$custom-light: #93c9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D6

secondary

#DEBDAF

accent

#7345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D6

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

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