#5BB6CB#5BB6CB

#5BB6CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.092 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6CB
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -21.20, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 28.39, 221.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0751 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.092 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8176, 39.9889, 62.5302)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6CB #CB705B

analogous

#5BCBA8 #5BB6CB #5B7ECB

triadic

#5BB6CB #CB5BB6 #B6CB5B

tetradic

#5BB6CB #A85BCB #CB705B #7ECB5B

square

#5BB6CB #A85BCB #CB705B #7ECB5B

split-complementary

#5BB6CB #CB5B7E #CBA85B

monochromatic

#297282 #389AB1 #5BB6CB #89CBDA #B8DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#5BB6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6CB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6CB	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.092 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccda',
    500: '#5bb6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6cb;
$custom-light: #92ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6CB

secondary

#D7B3AA

accent

#674CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6CB

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

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