#5BB7DC#5BB7DC

#5BB7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.102 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7DC
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -16.72, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 31.62, 238.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0698 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.102 227)
XYZ	xyz(34.1611, 41.2551, 73.8590)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7DC #DC805B

analogous

#5BDCC0 #5BB7DC #5B76DC

triadic

#5BB7DC #DC5BB7 #B7DC5B

tetradic

#5BB7DC #C05BDC #DC805B #76DC5B

square

#5BB7DC #C05BDC #DC805B #76DC5B

split-complementary

#5BB7DC #DC5B76 #DCC05B

monochromatic

#21789B #2C9FCE #5BB7DC #8DCDE7 #C0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5BB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7DC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7DC	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.102 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce7',
    500: '#5bb7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7dc;
$custom-light: #94cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73756,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.41258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7DC

secondary

#E2BFB1

accent

#4C19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7DC

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

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