#5BB2DC#5BB2DC

#5BB2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2DC
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -14.07, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 32.28, 244.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0644 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.104 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1481, 39.2291, 73.5214)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2DC #DC855B

analogous

#5BDCC5 #5BB2DC #5B71DC

triadic

#5BB2DC #DC5BB2 #B2DC5B

tetradic

#5BB2DC #C55BDC #DC855B #71DC5B

square

#5BB2DC #C55BDC #DC855B #71DC5B

split-complementary

#5BB2DC #DC5B71 #DCC55B

monochromatic

#21749B #2C99CE #5BB2DC #8DCAE7 #C0E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#5BB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2DC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2DC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9e7',
    500: '#5bb2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2dc;
$custom-light: #94c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.535,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2DC

secondary

#E2C1B1

accent

#5319CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2DC

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

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