#5BB9D8#5BB9D8

#5BB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9D8
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -18.96, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 30.58, 231.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0734 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.099 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0532, 41.8767, 71.2409)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9D8 #D87A5B

analogous

#5BD8B8 #5BB9D8 #5B7AD8

triadic

#5BB9D8 #D85BB9 #B9D85B

tetradic

#5BB9D8 #B85BD8 #D87A5B #7AD85B

square

#5BB9D8 #B85BD8 #D87A5B #7AD85B

split-complementary

#5BB9D8 #D85B7A #D8B85B

monochromatic

#237995 #2FA1C7 #5BB9D8 #8CCEE4 #BEE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5BB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9D8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9D8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee4',
    500: '#5bb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9d8;
$custom-light: #94cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.88,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9D8

secondary

#DFBBAF

accent

#471CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9D8

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

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