#5BB8CE#5BB8CE

#5BB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8CE
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -21.36, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 28.92, 222.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0762 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.093 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5910, 40.9583, 64.5688)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8CE #CE715B

analogous

#5BCEAA #5BB8CE #5B7ECE

triadic

#5BB8CE #CE5BB8 #B8CE5B

tetradic

#5BB8CE #AA5BCE #CE715B #7ECE5B

square

#5BB8CE #AA5BCE #CE715B #7ECE5B

split-complementary

#5BB8CE #CE5B7E #CEAA5B

monochromatic

#287486 #369DB6 #5BB8CE #8ACCDC #B9E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#5BB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8CE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8CE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cddd',
    500: '#5bb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8ce;
$custom-light: #93cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.478,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8CE

secondary

#D9B4AB

accent

#674ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8CE

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

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