#5BBADC#5BBADC

#5BBADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.102 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBADC
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -18.29, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 31.40, 234.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.073 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.102 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7865, 42.5059, 74.0675)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBADC #DC7D5B

analogous

#5BDCBD #5BBADC #5B79DC

triadic

#5BBADC #DC5BBA #BADC5B

tetradic

#5BBADC #BD5BDC #DC7D5B #79DC5B

square

#5BBADC #BD5BDC #DC7D5B #79DC5B

split-complementary

#5BBADC #DC5B79 #DCBD5B

monochromatic

#217B9B #2CA3CE #5BBADC #8DCFE7 #C0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#5BBADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBADC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBADC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.102 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee7',
    500: '#5bbadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbadc;
$custom-light: #94cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74445,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBADC

secondary

#E2BEB1

accent

#4819CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBADC

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

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