#5BB9D7#5BB9D7

#5BB9D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9D7
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 215)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 14%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -19.25, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 30.38, 230.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0738 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.099 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9243, 41.8251, 70.5621)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9D7 #D7795B

analogous

#5BD7B7 #5BB9D7 #5B7BD7

triadic

#5BB9D7 #D75BB9 #B9D75B

tetradic

#5BB9D7 #B75BD7 #D7795B #7BD75B

square

#5BB9D7 #B75BD7 #D7795B #7BD75B

split-complementary

#5BB9D7 #D75B7B #D7B75B

monochromatic

#247994 #30A1C5 #5BB9D7 #8CCEE3 #BDE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BB9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5BB9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9D7

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9D7	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee3',
    500: '#5bb9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9d7;
$custom-light: #94cee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9D7

secondary

#DFBBAF

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9D7

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

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