#5BB4CD#5BB4CD

#5BB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.092 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4CD
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -19.59, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 28.55, 226.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0722 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.092 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6508, 39.2715, 63.6580)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4CD #CD745B

analogous

#5BCDAD #5BB4CD #5B7BCD

triadic

#5BB4CD #CD5BB4 #B4CD5B

tetradic

#5BB4CD #AD5BCD #CD745B #7BCD5B

square

#5BB4CD #AD5BCD #CD745B #7BCD5B

split-complementary

#5BB4CD #CD5B7B #CDAD5B

monochromatic

#297185 #3799B4 #5BB4CD #8AC9DB #B9DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#5BB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4CD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4CD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.092 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cadc',
    500: '#5bb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4cd;
$custom-light: #92cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4CD

secondary

#D9B5AB

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4CD

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

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