#5BB8D8#5BB8D8

#5BB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8D8
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -18.44, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 30.61, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0723 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.099 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8447, 41.4597, 71.1714)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8D8 #D87B5B

analogous

#5BD8B9 #5BB8D8 #5B79D8

triadic

#5BB8D8 #D85BB8 #B8D85B

tetradic

#5BB8D8 #B95BD8 #D87B5B #79D85B

square

#5BB8D8 #B95BD8 #D87B5B #79D85B

split-complementary

#5BB8D8 #D85B79 #D8B95B

monochromatic

#237895 #2FA0C7 #5BB8D8 #8CCDE4 #BEE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#5BB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8D8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8D8	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde4',
    500: '#5bb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8d8;
$custom-light: #94cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.36,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73821,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8D8

secondary

#DFBCAF

accent

#491CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8D8

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

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