#5BBADE#5BBADE

#5BBADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBADE
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -17.69, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 31.86, 236.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0722 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.103 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0530, 42.6125, 75.4708)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBADE #DE7F5B

analogous

#5BDEC1 #5BBADE #5B79DE

triadic

#5BBADE #DE5BBA #BADE5B

tetradic

#5BBADE #C15BDE #DE7F5B #79DE5B

square

#5BBADE #C15BDE #DE7F5B #79DE5B

split-complementary

#5BBADE #DE5B79 #DEC15B

monochromatic

#207C9F #2AA4D2 #5BBADE #8ECFE8 #C1E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#5BBADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBADE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBADE	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee8',
    500: '#5bbade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbade;
$custom-light: #94cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74528,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBADE

secondary

#E3BFB2

accent

#4917CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBADE

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

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