#5BB5D2#5BB5D2

#5BB5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5D2
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -18.65, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 29.46, 230.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0713 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.095 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4666, 39.9220, 66.9550)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5D2 #D2785B

analogous

#5BD2B4 #5BB5D2 #5B7AD2

triadic

#5BB5D2 #D25BB5 #B5D25B

tetradic

#5BB5D2 #B45BD2 #D2785B #7AD25B

square

#5BB5D2 #B45BD2 #D2785B #7AD25B

split-complementary

#5BB5D2 #D25B7A #D2B45B

monochromatic

#26738C #349BBC #5BB5D2 #8BCBDF #BBE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5BB5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#5BB5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5D2

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5D2	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbdf',
    500: '#5bb5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5d2;
$custom-light: #93cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5D2

secondary

#DCB8AD

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5D2

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

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