#5BBAD0#5BBAD0

#5BBAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAD0
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -21.80, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 29.32, 221.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0776 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.095 215)
XYZ	xyz(33.2539, 41.8929, 65.9959)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAD0 #D0715B

analogous

#5BD0AB #5BBAD0 #5B7FD0

triadic

#5BBAD0 #D05BBA #BAD05B

tetradic

#5BBAD0 #AB5BD0 #D0715B #7FD05B

square

#5BBAD0 #AB5BD0 #D0715B #7FD05B

split-complementary

#5BBAD0 #D05B7F #D0AB5B

monochromatic

#277789 #35A0B9 #5BBAD0 #8BCEDE #BAE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5BBAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAD0

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAD0	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)

#AAB5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfde',
    500: '#5bbad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbad0;
$custom-light: #93cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.41896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAD0

secondary

#DBB5AC

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAD0

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

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