#5BB4D6#5BB4D6

#5BB4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4D6
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -16.94, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 30.38, 236.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0687 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.098 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7685, 39.7186, 69.5449)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4D6 #D67D5B

analogous

#5BD6BA #5BB4D6 #5B77D6

triadic

#5BB4D6 #D65BB4 #B4D65B

tetradic

#5BB4D6 #BA5BD6 #D67D5B #77D65B

square

#5BB4D6 #BA5BD6 #D67D5B #77D65B

split-complementary

#5BB4D6 #D65B77 #D6BA5B

monochromatic

#257492 #319BC3 #5BB4D6 #8CCAE2 #BDE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5BB4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#5BB4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4D6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4D6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cae2',
    500: '#5bb4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4d6;
$custom-light: #93cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4D6

secondary

#DEBCAF

accent

#7045E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4D6

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

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