#5BB6CE#5BB6CE

#5BB6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.093 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6CE
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -20.33, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 28.79, 225.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.074 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.093 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1785, 40.1333, 64.4313)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6CE #CE735B

analogous

#5BCEAD #5BB6CE #5B7CCE

triadic

#5BB6CE #CE5BB6 #B6CE5B

tetradic

#5BB6CE #AD5BCE #CE735B #7CCE5B

square

#5BB6CE #AD5BCE #CE735B #7CCE5B

split-complementary

#5BB6CE #CE5B7C #CEAD5B

monochromatic

#287386 #369BB6 #5BB6CE #8ACBDC #B9E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#5BB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6CE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6CE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.093 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ccdd',
    500: '#5bb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6ce;
$custom-light: #93ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6CE

secondary

#D9B5AB

accent

#694ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6CE

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

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