#5BB3CE#5BB3CE

#5BB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3CE
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -18.78, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 28.71, 229.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0707 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.093 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5707, 38.9176, 64.2287)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3CE #CE765B

analogous

#5BCEAF #5BB3CE #5B79CE

triadic

#5BB3CE #CE5BB3 #B3CE5B

tetradic

#5BB3CE #AF5BCE #CE765B #79CE5B

square

#5BB3CE #AF5BCE #CE765B #79CE5B

split-complementary

#5BB3CE #CE5B79 #CEAF5B

monochromatic

#287086 #3698B6 #5BB3CE #8AC9DC #B9DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#5BB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3CE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3CE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9dd',
    500: '#5bb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3ce;
$custom-light: #93c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.087,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3CE

secondary

#D9B6AB

accent

#6D4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3CE

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

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