#5BB3D6#5BB3D6

#5BB3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.098 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3D6
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -16.41, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 30.47, 237.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0677 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.098 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5674, 39.3163, 69.4778)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3D6 #D67E5B

analogous

#5BD6BB #5BB3D6 #5B76D6

triadic

#5BB3D6 #D65BB3 #B3D65B

tetradic

#5BB3D6 #BB5BD6 #D67E5B #76D65B

square

#5BB3D6 #BB5BD6 #D67E5B #76D65B

split-complementary

#5BB3D6 #D65B76 #D6BB5B

monochromatic

#257392 #3199C3 #5BB3D6 #8CCAE2 #BDE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3D6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3D6	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.098 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e2',
    500: '#5bb3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3d6;
$custom-light: #93c9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.073,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3D6

secondary

#DEBCAF

accent

#7245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3D6

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

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