#5BB8DC#5BB8DC

#5BB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8DC
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -17.25, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 31.53, 236.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0708 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.102 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3681, 41.6691, 73.9280)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8DC #DC7F5B

analogous

#5BDCBF #5BB8DC #5B77DC

triadic

#5BB8DC #DC5BB8 #B8DC5B

tetradic

#5BB8DC #BF5BDC #DC7F5B #77DC5B

square

#5BB8DC #BF5BDC #DC7F5B #77DC5B

split-complementary

#5BB8DC #DC5B77 #DCBF5B

monochromatic

#21799B #2CA1CE #5BB8DC #8DCEE7 #C0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5BB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8DC

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8DC	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde7',
    500: '#5bb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8dc;
$custom-light: #94cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73985,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8DC

secondary

#E2BFB1

accent

#4B19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8DC

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

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