#5BB3D2#5BB3D2

#5BB3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.095 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3D2
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -17.60, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 29.52, 233.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0691 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.095 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0628, 39.1145, 66.8204)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3D2 #D27A5B

analogous

#5BD2B6 #5BB3D2 #5B78D2

triadic

#5BB3D2 #D25BB3 #B3D25B

tetradic

#5BB3D2 #B65BD2 #D27A5B #78D25B

square

#5BB3D2 #B65BD2 #D27A5B #78D25B

split-complementary

#5BB3D2 #D25B78 #D2B65B

monochromatic

#26728C #3499BC #5BB3D2 #8BC9DF #BBE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5BB3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3D2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3D2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.095 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9df',
    500: '#5bb3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3d2;
$custom-light: #93c9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3D2

secondary

#DCB9AD

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3D2

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

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