#5BB8DB#5BB8DB

#5BB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8DB
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -17.54, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 31.29, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0712 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.101 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2361, 41.6163, 73.2326)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8DB #DB7E5B

analogous

#5BDBBE #5BB8DB #5B78DB

triadic

#5BB8DB #DB5BB8 #B8DB5B

tetradic

#5BB8DB #BE5BDB #DB7E5B #78DB5B

square

#5BB8DB #BE5BDB #DB7E5B #78DB5B

split-complementary

#5BB8DB #DB5B78 #DBBE5B

monochromatic

#22799A #2DA0CC #5BB8DB #8DCEE6 #BFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5BB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8DB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8DB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde6',
    500: '#5bb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8db;
$custom-light: #94cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8DB

secondary

#E1BEB1

accent

#4A1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8DB

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

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