#5BB8CC#5BB8CC

#5BB8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.092 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8CC
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -21.93, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 28.70, 220.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.077 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.092 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3496, 40.8617, 63.2973)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8CC #CC6F5B

analogous

#5BCCA7 #5BB8CC #5B80CC

triadic

#5BB8CC #CC5BB8 #B8CC5B

tetradic

#5BB8CC #A75BCC #CC6F5B #80CC5B

square

#5BB8CC #A75BCC #CC6F5B #80CC5B

split-complementary

#5BB8CC #CC5B80 #CCA75B

monochromatic

#297484 #379DB2 #5BB8CC #8ACCDB #B8E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5BB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8CC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8CC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.092 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cddb',
    500: '#5bb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8cc;
$custom-light: #93cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.619,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8CC

secondary

#D8B3AB

accent

#654CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8CC

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

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