#5BB8E6#5BB8E6

#5BB8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8E6
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -14.22, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 34.35, 245.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0673 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.11 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7323, 42.2148, 81.1127)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8E6 #E6895B

analogous

#5BE6CE #5BB8E6 #5B72E6

triadic

#5BB8E6 #E65BB8 #B8E65B

tetradic

#5BB8E6 #CE5BE6 #E6895B #72E65B

square

#5BB8E6 #CE5BE6 #E6895B #72E65B

split-complementary

#5BB8E6 #E65B72 #E6CE5B

monochromatic

#1A7CAC #26A1DE #5BB8E6 #90CFEE #C5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BB8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5BB8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8E6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8E6	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdee',
    500: '#5bb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8e6;
$custom-light: #95cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8E6

secondary

#E7C6B5

accent

#5110D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8E6

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

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