#5BB8CD#5BB8CD

#5BB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8CD
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -21.65, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 28.80, 221.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0766 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.093 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4699, 40.9098, 63.9310)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8CD #CD705B

analogous

#5BCDA9 #5BB8CD #5B7FCD

triadic

#5BB8CD #CD5BB8 #B8CD5B

tetradic

#5BB8CD #A95BCD #CD705B #7FCD5B

square

#5BB8CD #A95BCD #CD705B #7FCD5B

split-complementary

#5BB8CD #CD5B7F #CDA95B

monochromatic

#297485 #379DB4 #5BB8CD #8ACCDB #B9E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#5BB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8CD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8CD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cddc',
    500: '#5bb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8cd;
$custom-light: #93cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8CD

secondary

#D9B4AB

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8CD

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

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