#5BB2D7#5BB2D7

#5BB2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D7
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -15.59, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 30.83, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0662 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.099 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4958, 38.9682, 70.0859)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D7 #D7805B

analogous

#5BD7BE #5BB2D7 #5B74D7

triadic

#5BB2D7 #D75BB2 #B2D75B

tetradic

#5BB2D7 #BE5BD7 #D7805B #74D75B

square

#5BB2D7 #BE5BD7 #D7805B #74D75B

split-complementary

#5BB2D7 #D75B74 #D7BE5B

monochromatic

#247294 #3098C5 #5BB2D7 #8CC9E3 #BDE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#5BB2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D7

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D7	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e3',
    500: '#5bb2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d7;
$custom-light: #93c9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D7

secondary

#DFBDAF

accent

#7444E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D7

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

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