#5BB6E9#5BB6E9

#5BB6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6E9
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -12.22, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 35.76, 250.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0641 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.114 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7447, 41.5597, 83.2131)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6E9 #E98E5B

analogous

#5BE9D5 #5BB6E9 #5B6FE9

triadic

#5BB6E9 #E95BB6 #B6E95B

tetradic

#5BB6E9 #D55BE9 #E98E5B #6FE95B

square

#5BB6E9 #D55BE9 #E98E5B #6FE95B

split-complementary

#5BB6E9 #E95B6F #E9D55B

monochromatic

#187AB2 #259EE2 #5BB6E9 #91CEF0 #C7E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BB6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5BB6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6E9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6E9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbf0',
    500: '#5bb6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6e9;
$custom-light: #95cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.549,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74089,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6E9

secondary

#E9C9B7

accent

#560DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6E9

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

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