#5BB5DA#5BB5DA

#5BB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5DA
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -16.27, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 31.31, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0683 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.101 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4883, 40.3307, 72.3359)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5DA #DA805B

analogous

#5BDABF #5BB5DA #5B75DA

triadic

#5BB5DA #DA5BB5 #B5DA5B

tetradic

#5BB5DA #BF5BDA #DA805B #75DA5B

square

#5BB5DA #BF5BDA #DA805B #75DA5B

split-complementary

#5BB5DA #DA5B75 #DABF5B

monochromatic

#227698 #2E9DCA #5BB5DA #8DCCE5 #BFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#5BB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5DA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5DA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbe5',
    500: '#5bb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5da;
$custom-light: #94cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5DA

secondary

#E1BEB0

accent

#4E1BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5DA

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

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