#5BB6E5#5BB6E5

#5BB6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6E5
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -13.46, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 34.41, 246.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0655 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.11 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1798, 41.3338, 80.2378)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6E5 #E58A5B

analogous

#5BE5CF #5BB6E5 #5B71E5

triadic

#5BB6E5 #E55BB6 #B6E55B

tetradic

#5BB6E5 #CF5BE5 #E58A5B #71E55B

square

#5BB6E5 #CF5BE5 #E58A5B #71E55B

split-complementary

#5BB6E5 #E55B71 #E5CF5B

monochromatic

#1B7AAB #269EDD #5BB6E5 #90CEED #C5E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5BB6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6E5

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6E5	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbed',
    500: '#5bb6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6e5;
$custom-light: #95cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.435,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6E5

secondary

#E7C6B5

accent

#5411D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6E5

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

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