#5BB8ED#5BB8ED

#5BB8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8ED
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -12.06, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 36.69, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0649 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.117 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7351, 42.6159, 86.3941)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8ED #ED905B

analogous

#5BEDD9 #5BB8ED #5B6FED

triadic

#5BB8ED #ED5BB8 #B8ED5B

tetradic

#5BB8ED #D95BED #ED905B #6FED5B

square

#5BB8ED #D95BED #ED905B #6FED5B

split-complementary

#5BB8ED #ED5B6F #EDD95B

monochromatic

#147DB9 #24A0E7 #5BB8ED #92D0F3 #C9E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#5BB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8ED

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8ED	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cdf3',
    500: '#5bb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8ed;
$custom-light: #96cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.781,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74719,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8ED

secondary

#EBCBB9

accent

#5609DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8ED

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

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