#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
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -18.14, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 30.83, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.072 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.1 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9744, 41.5116, 71.8543)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##5BB8D9	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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