#5BBADD#5BBADD

#5BBADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBADD
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -17.99, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 31.62, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0726 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.103 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9193, 42.5590, 74.7671)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBADD #DD7E5B

analogous

#5BDDBF #5BBADD #5B79DD

triadic

#5BBADD #DD5BBA #BADD5B

tetradic

#5BBADD #BF5BDD #DD7E5B #79DD5B

square

#5BBADD #BF5BDD #DD7E5B #79DD5B

split-complementary

#5BBADD #DD5B79 #DDBF5B

monochromatic

#217C9D #2BA3D0 #5BBADD #8ECFE8 #C0E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#5BBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBADD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBADD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 224.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBADD

secondary

#E2BFB1

accent

#4918CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBADD

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

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