#5BB4DC#5BB4DC

#5BB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4DC
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -15.14, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 31.98, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0666 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.103 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5489, 40.0308, 73.6550)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4DC #DC835B

analogous

#5BDCC4 #5BB4DC #5B73DC

triadic

#5BB4DC #DC5BB4 #B4DC5B

tetradic

#5BB4DC #C45BDC #DC835B #73DC5B

square

#5BB4DC #C45BDC #DC835B #73DC5B

split-complementary

#5BB4DC #DC5B73 #DCC45B

monochromatic

#21769B #2C9CCE #5BB4DC #8DCBE7 #C0E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#5BB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4DC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4DC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cae7',
    500: '#5bb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4dc;
$custom-light: #94cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4DC

secondary

#E2C0B1

accent

#5119CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4DC

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

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