#5BB5CD#5BB5CD

#5BB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.092 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5CD
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -20.10, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 28.59, 225.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0733 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.092 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8534, 39.6767, 63.7255)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5CD #CD735B

analogous

#5BCDAC #5BB5CD #5B7CCD

triadic

#5BB5CD #CD5BB5 #B5CD5B

tetradic

#5BB5CD #AC5BCD #CD735B #7CCD5B

square

#5BB5CD #AC5BCD #CD735B #7CCD5B

split-complementary

#5BB5CD #CD5B7C #CDAC5B

monochromatic

#297285 #379AB4 #5BB5CD #8ACADB #B9DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5BB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#5BB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5CD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5CD	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)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.092 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbdc',
    500: '#5bb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5cd;
$custom-light: #93cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5CD

secondary

#D9B5AB

accent

#6A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5CD

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

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