#5BB8D4#5BB8D4

#5BB8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8D4
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -19.61, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 29.83, 228.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0738 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.097 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3339, 41.2554, 68.4810)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8D4 #D4775B

analogous

#5BD4B3 #5BB8D4 #5B7CD4

triadic

#5BB8D4 #D45BB8 #B8D45B

tetradic

#5BB8D4 #B35BD4 #D4775B #7CD45B

square

#5BB8D4 #B35BD4 #D4775B #7CD45B

split-complementary

#5BB8D4 #D45B7C #D4B35B

monochromatic

#26778F #329FC0 #5BB8D4 #8BCDE1 #BCE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5BB8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8D4

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8D4	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde1',
    500: '#5bb8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8d4;
$custom-light: #93cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7366,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8D4

secondary

#DDB9AE

accent

#6A46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8D4

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

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