#5BB4CE#5BB4CE

#5BB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.093 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4CE
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -19.30, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 28.72, 227.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0718 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.093 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7719, 39.3199, 64.2957)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4CE #CE755B

analogous

#5BCEAE #5BB4CE #5B7ACE

triadic

#5BB4CE #CE5BB4 #B4CE5B

tetradic

#5BB4CE #AE5BCE #CE755B #7ACE5B

square

#5BB4CE #AE5BCE #CE755B #7ACE5B

split-complementary

#5BB4CE #CE5B7A #CEAE5B

monochromatic

#287186 #3699B6 #5BB4CE #8ACADC #B9DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4CE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4CE	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)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.093 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cadd',
    500: '#5bb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4ce;
$custom-light: #93cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4CE

secondary

#D9B6AB

accent

#6C4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4CE

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

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