#5BB5D0#5BB5D0

#5BB5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.094 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5D0
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -19.23, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 29.08, 228.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0721 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.094 220)
XYZ	xyz(32.2190, 39.8229, 65.6510)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5D0 #D0765B

analogous

#5BD0B0 #5BB5D0 #5B7AD0

triadic

#5BB5D0 #D05BB5 #B5D05B

tetradic

#5BB5D0 #B05BD0 #D0765B #7AD05B

square

#5BB5D0 #B05BD0 #D0765B #7AD05B

split-complementary

#5BB5D0 #D05B7A #D0B05B

monochromatic

#277389 #359AB9 #5BB5D0 #8BCADE #BAE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5BB5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5BB5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5D0

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5D0	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.094 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbde',
    500: '#5bb5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5d0;
$custom-light: #93cbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.39826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5D0

secondary

#DBB7AC

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5D0

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

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