#5BB8E5#5BB8E5

#5BB8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.109 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8E5
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -14.52, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 34.04, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0676 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.109 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5923, 42.1588, 80.3753)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8E5 #E5885B

analogous

#5BE5CD #5BB8E5 #5B73E5

triadic

#5BB8E5 #E55BB8 #B8E55B

tetradic

#5BB8E5 #CD5BE5 #E5885B #73E55B

square

#5BB8E5 #CD5BE5 #E5885B #73E55B

split-complementary

#5BB8E5 #E55B73 #E5CD5B

monochromatic

#1B7CAB #26A1DD #5BB8E5 #90CFED #C5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BB8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5BB8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8E5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8E5	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.109 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cded',
    500: '#5bb8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8e5;
$custom-light: #95cded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8E5

secondary

#E7C5B5

accent

#5111D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8E5

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

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