#5BB6E6#5BB6E6

#5BB6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6E6
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -13.15, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 34.74, 247.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0652 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.111 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3198, 41.3898, 80.9752)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6E6 #E68B5B

analogous

#5BE6D0 #5BB6E6 #5B71E6

triadic

#5BB6E6 #E65BB6 #B6E65B

tetradic

#5BB6E6 #D05BE6 #E68B5B #71E65B

square

#5BB6E6 #D05BE6 #E68B5B #71E65B

split-complementary

#5BB6E6 #E65B71 #E6D05B

monochromatic

#1A7AAC #269EDE #5BB6E6 #90CEEE #C5E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BB6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#5BB6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6E6

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6E6	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbee',
    500: '#5bb6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6e6;
$custom-light: #95cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6E6

secondary

#E7C7B5

accent

#5410D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6E6

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

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