#5BB5E8#5BB5E8

#5BB5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5E8
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -12.00, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 35.64, 250.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0634 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.113 236)
XYZ	xyz(35.3982, 41.0946, 82.3949)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5E8 #E88E5B

analogous

#5BE8D4 #5BB5E8 #5B6EE8

triadic

#5BB5E8 #E85BB5 #B5E85B

tetradic

#5BB5E8 #D45BE8 #E88E5B #6EE85B

square

#5BB5E8 #D45BE8 #E88E5B #6EE85B

split-complementary

#5BB5E8 #E85B6E #E8D45B

monochromatic

#1979B0 #259DE0 #5BB5E8 #91CDF0 #C6E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BB5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5BB5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5E8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5E8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbef',
    500: '#5bb5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5e8;
$custom-light: #95cbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.41098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5E8

secondary

#E9C8B6

accent

#570ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5E8

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

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