#5BB7E6#5BB7E6

#5BB7E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7E6
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -13.68, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 34.54, 246.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0662 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.111 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5253, 41.8008, 81.0437)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7E6 #E68A5B

analogous

#5BE6D0 #5BB7E6 #5B71E6

triadic

#5BB7E6 #E65BB7 #B7E65B

tetradic

#5BB7E6 #D05BE6 #E68A5B #71E65B

square

#5BB7E6 #D05BE6 #E68A5B #71E65B

split-complementary

#5BB7E6 #E65B71 #E6D05B

monochromatic

#1A7BAC #26A0DE #5BB7E6 #90CEEE #C5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BB7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5BB7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7E6

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7E6	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ccee',
    500: '#5bb7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7e6;
$custom-light: #95ccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74183,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7E6

secondary

#E7C6B5

accent

#5310D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7E6

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

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