#5BB9D2#5BB9D2

#5BB9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9D2
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -20.71, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 29.52, 225.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0757 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.096 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2916, 41.5720, 67.2300)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9D2 #D2745B

analogous

#5BD2B0 #5BB9D2 #5B7ED2

triadic

#5BB9D2 #D25BB9 #B9D25B

tetradic

#5BB9D2 #B05BD2 #D2745B #7ED25B

square

#5BB9D2 #B05BD2 #D2745B #7ED25B

split-complementary

#5BB9D2 #D25B7E #D2B05B

monochromatic

#26778C #349FBC #5BB9D2 #8BCDDF #BBE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BB9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5BB9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9D2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9D2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cedf',
    500: '#5bb9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9d2;
$custom-light: #93cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73813,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9D2

secondary

#DCB7AD

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9D2

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

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