#5BB8DA#5BB8DA

#5BB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8DA
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -17.84, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 31.06, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0716 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.101 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1048, 41.5638, 72.5414)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8DA #DA7D5B

analogous

#5BDABC #5BB8DA #5B78DA

triadic

#5BB8DA #DA5BB8 #B8DA5B

tetradic

#5BB8DA #BC5BDA #DA7D5B #78DA5B

square

#5BB8DA #BC5BDA #DA7D5B #78DA5B

split-complementary

#5BB8DA #DA5B78 #DABC5B

monochromatic

#227998 #2EA0CA #5BB8DA #8DCEE5 #BFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5BB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8DA

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8DA	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde5',
    500: '#5bb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8da;
$custom-light: #94cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73903,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8DA

secondary

#E1BDB0

accent

#4A1BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8DA

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

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