#5BB5EA#5BB5EA

#5BB5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5EA
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -11.38, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 36.35, 251.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0628 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.115 237)
XYZ	xyz(35.6839, 41.2089, 83.8995)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5EA #EA905B

analogous

#5BEAD7 #5BB5EA #5B6DEA

triadic

#5BB5EA #EA5BB5 #B5EA5B

tetradic

#5BB5EA #D75BEA #EA905B #6DEA5B

square

#5BB5EA #D75BEA #EA905B #6DEA5B

split-complementary

#5BB5EA #EA5B6D #EAD75B

monochromatic

#177AB4 #259DE3 #5BB5EA #91CDF1 #C8E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#5BB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5EA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5EA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf1',
    500: '#5bb5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5ea;
$custom-light: #96cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.41212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5EA

secondary

#EACAB7

accent

#580CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5EA

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

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