#5BB6DA#5BB6DA

#5BB6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6DA
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -16.80, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 31.21, 237.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0694 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.101 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6923, 40.7388, 72.4039)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6DA #DA7F5B

analogous

#5BDABE #5BB6DA #5B76DA

triadic

#5BB6DA #DA5BB6 #B6DA5B

tetradic

#5BB6DA #BE5BDA #DA7F5B #76DA5B

square

#5BB6DA #BE5BDA #DA7F5B #76DA5B

split-complementary

#5BB6DA #DA5B76 #DABE5B

monochromatic

#227798 #2E9ECA #5BB6DA #8DCCE5 #BFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BB6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5BB6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6DA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6DA	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce5',
    500: '#5bb6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6da;
$custom-light: #94cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6DA

secondary

#E1BEB0

accent

#4D1BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6DA

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

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