#5BB4E0#5BB4E0

#5BB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4E0
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -13.92, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 33.18, 245.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0651 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.106 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0850, 40.2452, 76.4784)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4E0 #E0875B

analogous

#5BE0CA #5BB4E0 #5B72E0

triadic

#5BB4E0 #E05BB4 #B4E05B

tetradic

#5BB4E0 #CA5BE0 #E0875B #72E05B

square

#5BB4E0 #CA5BE0 #E0875B #72E05B

split-complementary

#5BB4E0 #E05B72 #E0CA5B

monochromatic

#1F77A2 #289CD5 #5BB4E0 #8ECCEA #C2E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#5BB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4E0

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4E0	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cae9',
    500: '#5bb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4e0;
$custom-light: #94cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4E0

secondary

#E4C3B3

accent

#5315D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4E0

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

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