#5BB2E6#5BB2E6

#5BB2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2E6
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -11.00, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 35.66, 252.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.061 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.113 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5123, 39.7748, 80.7061)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2E6 #E68F5B

analogous

#5BE6D4 #5BB2E6 #5B6CE6

triadic

#5BB2E6 #E65BB2 #B2E65B

tetradic

#5BB2E6 #D45BE6 #E68F5B #6CE65B

square

#5BB2E6 #D45BE6 #E68F5B #6CE65B

split-complementary

#5BB2E6 #E65B6C #E6D45B

monochromatic

#1A76AC #2699DE #5BB2E6 #90CBEE #C5E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5BB2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#5BB2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2E6

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2E6	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c9ee',
    500: '#5bb2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2e6;
$custom-light: #95c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.446,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73051,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2E6

secondary

#E7C8B5

accent

#5A10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2E6

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

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