#5BB8EC#5BB8EC

#5BB8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8EC
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -12.37, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 36.34, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0652 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.116 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5894, 42.5576, 85.6268)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8EC #EC8F5B

analogous

#5BECD7 #5BB8EC #5B70EC

triadic

#5BB8EC #EC5BB8 #B8EC5B

tetradic

#5BB8EC #D75BEC #EC8F5B #70EC5B

square

#5BB8EC #D75BEC #EC8F5B #70EC5B

split-complementary

#5BB8EC #EC5B70 #ECD75B

monochromatic

#157DB7 #24A0E6 #5BB8EC #92D0F2 #C9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#5BB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8EC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8EC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cdf2',
    500: '#5bb8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8ec;
$custom-light: #96cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.517,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74674,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8EC

secondary

#EBCAB8

accent

#550ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8EC

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

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