#5BB2E2#5BB2E2

#5BB2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2E2
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -12.24, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 34.24, 249.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0623 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.109 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9570, 39.5527, 77.7817)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2E2 #E28B5B

analogous

#5BE2CE #5BB2E2 #5B6FE2

triadic

#5BB2E2 #E25BB2 #B2E25B

tetradic

#5BB2E2 #CE5BE2 #E28B5B #6FE25B

square

#5BB2E2 #CE5BE2 #E28B5B #6FE25B

split-complementary

#5BB2E2 #E25B6F #E2CE5B

monochromatic

#1D75A5 #279AD9 #5BB2E2 #8FCAEB #C3E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5BB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#5BB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2E2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2E2	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9eb',
    500: '#5bb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2e2;
$custom-light: #94c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2E2

secondary

#E5C5B4

accent

#5714D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2E2

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

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