#5BB6EA#5BB6EA

#5BB6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6EA
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -11.91, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 36.11, 250.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0638 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.115 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8879, 41.6170, 83.9675)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6EA #EA8F5B

analogous

#5BEAD6 #5BB6EA #5B6EEA

triadic

#5BB6EA #EA5BB6 #B6EA5B

tetradic

#5BB6EA #D65BEA #EA8F5B #6EEA5B

square

#5BB6EA #D65BEA #EA8F5B #6EEA5B

split-complementary

#5BB6EA #EA5B6E #EAD65B

monochromatic

#177BB4 #259EE3 #5BB6EA #91CEF1 #C8E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BB6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5BB6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6EA

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6EA	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf1',
    500: '#5bb6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6ea;
$custom-light: #96cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74134,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6EA

secondary

#EACAB7

accent

#570CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6EA

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

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