#5BB5CA#5BB5CA

#5BB5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.091 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5CA
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -20.97, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 28.19, 221.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0744 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.091 215)
XYZ	xyz(31.4947, 39.5332, 61.8366)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5CA #CA705B

analogous

#5BCAA7 #5BB5CA #5B7ECA

triadic

#5BB5CA #CA5BB5 #B5CA5B

tetradic

#5BB5CA #A75BCA #CA705B #7ECA5B

square

#5BB5CA #A75BCA #CA705B #7ECA5B

split-complementary

#5BB5CA #CA5B7E #CAA75B

monochromatic

#2A7081 #3999AF #5BB5CA #89CAD9 #B8DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5BB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#5BB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5CA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5CA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.091 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbda',
    500: '#5bb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5ca;
$custom-light: #92cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5CA

secondary

#D7B2AA

accent

#684DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5CA

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

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