#5BB7E8#5BB7E8

#5BB7E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7E8
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -13.07, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 35.20, 248.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0655 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.113 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8078, 41.9138, 82.5314)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7E8 #E88C5B

analogous

#5BE8D2 #5BB7E8 #5B70E8

triadic

#5BB7E8 #E85BB7 #B7E85B

tetradic

#5BB7E8 #D25BE8 #E88C5B #70E85B

square

#5BB7E8 #D25BE8 #E88C5B #70E85B

split-complementary

#5BB7E8 #E85B70 #E8D25B

monochromatic

#197BB0 #259FE0 #5BB7E8 #91CFF0 #C6E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BB7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5BB7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7E8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7E8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ccef',
    500: '#5bb7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7e8;
$custom-light: #95ccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7E8

secondary

#E9C8B6

accent

#540ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7E8

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

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