#5BB8D5#5BB8D5

#5BB8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8D5
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -19.32, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 30.01, 229.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0735 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.097 221)
XYZ	xyz(33.4604, 41.3060, 69.1474)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8D5 #D5785B

analogous

#5BD5B5 #5BB8D5 #5B7BD5

triadic

#5BB8D5 #D55BB8 #B8D55B

tetradic

#5BB8D5 #B55BD5 #D5785B #7BD55B

square

#5BB8D5 #B55BD5 #D5785B #7BD55B

split-complementary

#5BB8D5 #D55B7B #D5B55B

monochromatic

#257791 #329FC1 #5BB8D5 #8CCDE1 #BCE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#5BB8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8D5

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8D5	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde2',
    500: '#5bb8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8d5;
$custom-light: #93cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.41309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8D5

secondary

#DEB9AE

accent

#6B45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8D5

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

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