#5BBAD4#5BBAD4

#5BBAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAD4
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -20.65, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 29.87, 226.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.076 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.097 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7523, 42.0922, 68.6205)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAD4 #D4755B

analogous

#5BD4B2 #5BBAD4 #5B7DD4

triadic

#5BBAD4 #D45BBA #BAD45B

tetradic

#5BBAD4 #B25BD4 #D4755B #7DD45B

square

#5BBAD4 #B25BD4 #D4755B #7DD45B

split-complementary

#5BBAD4 #D45B7D #D4B25B

monochromatic

#26788F #32A1C0 #5BBAD4 #8BCEE1 #BCE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#5BBAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAD4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAD4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe1',
    500: '#5bbad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbad4;
$custom-light: #93cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.893,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74124,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAD4

secondary

#DDB8AE

accent

#6846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAD4

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

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