#5BB2E1#5BB2E1

#5BB2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2E1
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -12.55, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 33.90, 248.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0627 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.108 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8202, 39.4979, 77.0611)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2E1 #E18A5B

analogous

#5BE1CD #5BB2E1 #5B6FE1

triadic

#5BB2E1 #E15BB2 #B2E15B

tetradic

#5BB2E1 #CD5BE1 #E18A5B #6FE15B

square

#5BB2E1 #CD5BE1 #E18A5B #6FE15B

split-complementary

#5BB2E1 #E15B6F #E1CD5B

monochromatic

#1E75A4 #279AD7 #5BB2E1 #8FCAEA #C2E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5BB2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#5BB2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2E1

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2E1	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ea',
    500: '#5bb2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2e1;
$custom-light: #94c9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.045,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2E1

secondary

#E5C5B3

accent

#5714D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2E1

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

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