#5BB2EF#5BB2EF

#5BB2EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2EF
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -8.18, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 39.11, 257.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.058 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.122 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8089, 40.2934, 87.5349)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2EF #EF985B

analogous

#5BEFE2 #5BB2EF #5B68EF

triadic

#5BB2EF #EF5BB2 #B2EF5B

tetradic

#5BB2EF #E25BEF #EF985B #68EF5B

square

#5BB2EF #E25BEF #EF985B #68EF5B

split-complementary

#5BB2EF #EF5B68 #EFE25B

monochromatic

#1277BD #2398EA #5BB2EF #93CCF4 #CBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#5BB2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2EF

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2EF	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c8f4',
    500: '#5bb2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ef;
$custom-light: #96c8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.73,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2EF

secondary

#ECCEBA

accent

#6007DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2EF

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

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