#5BB2ED#5BB2ED

#5BB2ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.120 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2ED
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -8.81, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 38.31, 256.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0587 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.12 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5151, 40.1759, 85.9874)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2ED #ED965B

analogous

#5BEDDF #5BB2ED #5B69ED

triadic

#5BB2ED #ED5BB2 #B2ED5B

tetradic

#5BB2ED #DF5BED #ED965B #69ED5B

square

#5BB2ED #DF5BED #ED965B #69ED5B

split-complementary

#5BB2ED #ED5B69 #EDDF5B

monochromatic

#1477B9 #2498E7 #5BB2ED #92CCF3 #C9E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#5BB2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2ED

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2ED	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.120 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c8f3',
    500: '#5bb2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ed;
$custom-light: #96c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.247,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73372,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2ED

secondary

#EBCDB9

accent

#5E09DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2ED

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

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