#5BB2DD#5BB2DD

#5BB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2DD
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -13.77, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 32.59, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.064 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.104 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2809, 39.2822, 74.2209)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2DD #DD865B

analogous

#5BDDC7 #5BB2DD #5B71DD

triadic

#5BB2DD #DD5BB2 #B2DD5B

tetradic

#5BB2DD #C75BDD #DD865B #71DD5B

square

#5BB2DD #C75BDD #DD865B #71DD5B

split-complementary

#5BB2DD #DD5B71 #DDC75B

monochromatic

#21749D #2B99D0 #5BB2DD #8ECAE8 #C0E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2DD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2DD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9e7',
    500: '#5bb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2dd;
$custom-light: #94c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72654,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2DD

secondary

#E2C2B1

accent

#5418CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2DD

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

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