#5BB6DC#5BB6DC

#5BB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6DC
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -16.20, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 31.73, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0687 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.102 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9556, 40.8441, 73.7905)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6DC #DC815B

analogous

#5BDCC1 #5BB6DC #5B75DC

triadic

#5BB6DC #DC5BB6 #B6DC5B

tetradic

#5BB6DC #C15BDC #DC815B #75DC5B

square

#5BB6DC #C15BDC #DC815B #75DC5B

split-complementary

#5BB6DC #DC5B75 #DCC15B

monochromatic

#21779B #2C9ECE #5BB6DC #8DCCE7 #C0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5BB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6DC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6DC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce7',
    500: '#5bb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6dc;
$custom-light: #94cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6DC

secondary

#E2BFB1

accent

#4E19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6DC

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

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