#5BB8E2#5BB8E2

#5BB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BB8E2
RGBrgb(91, 184, 226)
HSLhsl(199, 70%, 62%)
HSVhsv(199, 60%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.87, -15.44, -29.33)
CIE-LCHlch(70.87, 33.14, 242.24°)
OKLaboklab(74.24% -0.0687 -0.0819)
OKLCHoklch(74.24% 0.107 230)
XYZxyz(35.1770, 41.9927, 78.1883)
Luminance0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BB8E2 #E2855B
analogous
#5BE2C9 #5BB8E2 #5B74E2
triadic
#5BB8E2 #E25BB8 #B8E25B
tetradic
#5BB8E2 #C95BE2 #E2855B #74E25B
square
#5BB8E2 #C95BE2 #E2855B #74E25B
split-complementary
#5BB8E2 #E25B74 #E2C95B
monochromatic
#1D7BA5 #27A1D9 #5BB8E2 #8FCFEB #C3E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#5BB8E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40
#5BB8E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8E2
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BB8E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BB8E21.002.239.409.40
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4021.001.001.00
##0000009.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B5E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A7E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bb8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 230.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdeb',
    500: '#5bb8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bb8e2;
$custom-light: #95cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bb8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.41996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BB8E2
secondary
#E5C3B4
accent
#4F14D2
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#5BB8E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva