#5BB2EC#5BB2EC

#5BB2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.119 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2EC
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -9.13, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 37.92, 256.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.059 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.119 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3694, 40.1176, 85.2201)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2EC #EC955B

analogous

#5BECDE #5BB2EC #5B6AEC

triadic

#5BB2EC #EC5BB2 #B2EC5B

tetradic

#5BB2EC #DE5BEC #EC955B #6AEC5B

square

#5BB2EC #DE5BEC #EC955B #6AEC5B

split-complementary

#5BB2EC #EC5B6A #ECDE5B

monochromatic

#1577B7 #2498E6 #5BB2EC #92CCF2 #C9E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#5BB2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2EC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2EC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.119 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c8f2',
    500: '#5bb2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ec;
$custom-light: #96c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73326,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2EC

secondary

#EBCCB8

accent

#5E0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2EC

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

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