#5BB6CD#5BB6CD

#5BB6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.093 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6CD
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -20.62, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 28.65, 223.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0744 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.093 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0574, 40.0848, 63.7935)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6CD #CD725B

analogous

#5BCDAB #5BB6CD #5B7DCD

triadic

#5BB6CD #CD5BB6 #B6CD5B

tetradic

#5BB6CD #AB5BCD #CD725B #7DCD5B

square

#5BB6CD #AB5BCD #CD725B #7DCD5B

split-complementary

#5BB6CD #CD5B7D #CDAB5B

monochromatic

#297285 #379BB4 #5BB6CD #8ACBDB #B9E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#5BB6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6CD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6CD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.093 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ccdc',
    500: '#5bb6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6cd;
$custom-light: #93ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6CD

secondary

#D9B4AB

accent

#684BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6CD

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

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