#5BB9CD#5BB9CD

#5BB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.093 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9CD
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -22.16, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 28.90, 219.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0777 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.093 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6784, 41.3268, 64.0005)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9CD #CD6F5B

analogous

#5BCDA8 #5BB9CD #5B80CD

triadic

#5BB9CD #CD5BB9 #B9CD5B

tetradic

#5BB9CD #A85BCD #CD6F5B #80CD5B

square

#5BB9CD #A85BCD #CD6F5B #80CD5B

split-complementary

#5BB9CD #CD5B80 #CDA85B

monochromatic

#297585 #379EB4 #5BB9CD #8ACDDB #B9E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5BB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9CD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9CD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.093 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cedc',
    500: '#5bb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9cd;
$custom-light: #93cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7362,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9CD

secondary

#D9B3AB

accent

#654BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9CD

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

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