#5BB8D9#5BB8D9

#5BB8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.100 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BB8D9
RGBrgb(91, 184, 217)
HSLhsl(196, 62%, 60%)
HSVhsv(196, 58%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(58.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.53, -18.14, -24.93)
CIE-LCHlch(70.53, 30.83, 233.96°)
OKLaboklab(73.86% -0.072 -0.0693)
OKLCHoklch(73.86% 0.1 223.9)
XYZxyz(33.9744, 41.5116, 71.8543)
Luminance0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BB8D9 #D97C5B
analogous
#5BD9BB #5BB8D9 #5B79D9
triadic
#5BB8D9 #D95BB8 #B8D95B
tetradic
#5BB8D9 #BB5BD9 #D97C5B #79D95B
square
#5BB8D9 #BB5BD9 #D97C5B #79D95B
split-complementary
#5BB8D9 #D95B79 #D9BB5B
monochromatic
#237897 #2EA0C8 #5BB8D9 #8DCEE5 #BEE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#5BB8D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30
#5BB8D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8D9
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BB8D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BB8D91.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B4DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A7D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bb8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.100 223.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde4',
    500: '#5bb8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bb8d9;
$custom-light: #94cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bb8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73862,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BB8D9
secondary
#E0BCB0
accent
#491BCA
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0E1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8D9

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#5BB8D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva