#5BB4CF#5BB4CF

#5BB4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.094 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4CF
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -19.00, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 28.90, 228.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0714 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.094 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8937, 39.3687, 64.9375)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4CF #CF765B

analogous

#5BCFB0 #5BB4CF #5B7ACF

triadic

#5BB4CF #CF5BB4 #B4CF5B

tetradic

#5BB4CF #B05BCF #CF765B #7ACF5B

square

#5BB4CF #B05BCF #CF765B #7ACF5B

split-complementary

#5BB4CF #CF5B7A #CFB05B

monochromatic

#287188 #3699B7 #5BB4CF #8ACADD #BADFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#5BB4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4CF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4CF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.094 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cadd',
    500: '#5bb4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4cf;
$custom-light: #93cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4CF

secondary

#DAB7AC

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4CF

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

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