#5BB2DA#5BB2DA

#5BB2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2DA
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.68, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 31.68, 242.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0651 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.102 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8848, 39.1238, 72.1347)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2DA #DA835B

analogous

#5BDAC3 #5BB2DA #5B72DA

triadic

#5BB2DA #DA5BB2 #B2DA5B

tetradic

#5BB2DA #C35BDA #DA835B #72DA5B

square

#5BB2DA #C35BDA #DA835B #72DA5B

split-complementary

#5BB2DA #DA5B72 #DAC35B

monochromatic

#227398 #2E99CA #5BB2DA #8DC9E5 #BFE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#5BB2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2DA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2DA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9e5',
    500: '#5bb2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2da;
$custom-light: #94c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2DA

secondary

#E1BFB0

accent

#521BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2DA

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

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