#5BB2D9#5BB2D9

#5BB2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.101 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2D9
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -14.98, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 31.39, 241.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0655 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.101 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7544, 39.0716, 71.4476)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2D9 #D9825B

analogous

#5BD9C1 #5BB2D9 #5B73D9

triadic

#5BB2D9 #D95BB2 #B2D95B

tetradic

#5BB2D9 #C15BD9 #D9825B #73D95B

square

#5BB2D9 #C15BD9 #D9825B #73D95B

split-complementary

#5BB2D9 #D95B73 #D9C15B

monochromatic

#237397 #2E99C8 #5BB2D9 #8DC9E5 #BEE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5BB2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2D9

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2D9	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.101 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9e4',
    500: '#5bb2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2d9;
$custom-light: #94c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2D9

secondary

#E0BFB0

accent

#511BCA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2D9

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

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