#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
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -15.44, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 33.14, 242.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0687 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.107 230)
XYZ	xyz(35.1770, 41.9927, 78.1883)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##5BB8E2	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5BB8E2

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

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