#5BB4E7#5BB4E7

#5BB4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4E7
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -11.77, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 35.52, 250.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0627 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.113 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0540, 40.6328, 81.5814)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4E7 #E78E5B

analogous

#5BE7D4 #5BB4E7 #5B6EE7

triadic

#5BB4E7 #E75BB4 #B4E75B

tetradic

#5BB4E7 #D45BE7 #E78E5B #6EE75B

square

#5BB4E7 #D45BE7 #E78E5B #6EE75B

split-complementary

#5BB4E7 #E75B6E #E7D45B

monochromatic

#1978AE #269CDF #5BB4E7 #90CCEF #C6E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5BB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4E7

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4E7	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95caee',
    500: '#5bb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4e7;
$custom-light: #95caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4E7

secondary

#E8C8B6

accent

#580FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4E7

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

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