#5BB7DD#5BB7DD

#5BB7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.103 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7DD
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -16.42, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 31.89, 239.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0694 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.103 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2940, 41.3083, 74.5586)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7DD #DD815B

analogous

#5BDDC2 #5BB7DD #5B76DD

triadic

#5BB7DD #DD5BB7 #B7DD5B

tetradic

#5BB7DD #C25BDD #DD815B #76DD5B

square

#5BB7DD #C25BDD #DD815B #76DD5B

split-complementary

#5BB7DD #DD5B76 #DDC25B

monochromatic

#21799D #2BA0D0 #5BB7DD #8ECDE8 #C0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#5BB7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7DD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7DD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.103 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce7',
    500: '#5bb7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7dd;
$custom-light: #94cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7DD

secondary

#E2C0B1

accent

#4D18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7DD

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

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