#5BB8E8#5BB8E8

#5BB8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8E8
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -13.60, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 34.99, 247.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0666 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.112 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0148, 42.3278, 82.6004)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8E8 #E88B5B

analogous

#5BE8D2 #5BB8E8 #5B71E8

triadic

#5BB8E8 #E85BB8 #B8E85B

tetradic

#5BB8E8 #D25BE8 #E88B5B #71E85B

square

#5BB8E8 #D25BE8 #E88B5B #71E85B

split-complementary

#5BB8E8 #E85B71 #E8D25B

monochromatic

#197CB0 #25A1E0 #5BB8E8 #91CFF0 #C6E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BB8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#5BB8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8E8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8E8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdef',
    500: '#5bb8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8e8;
$custom-light: #95cdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74497,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8E8

secondary

#E9C7B6

accent

#530ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8E8

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

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