#5BBAE1#5BBAE1

#5BBAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE1
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -16.79, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 32.61, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0711 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.106 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4586, 42.7747, 77.6072)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE1 #E1825B

analogous

#5BE1C5 #5BBAE1 #5B77E1

triadic

#5BBAE1 #E15BBA #BAE15B

tetradic

#5BBAE1 #C55BE1 #E1825B #77E15B

square

#5BBAE1 #C55BE1 #E1825B #77E15B

split-complementary

#5BBAE1 #E15B77 #E1C55B

monochromatic

#1E7DA4 #27A4D7 #5BBAE1 #8FD0EA #C2E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#5BBAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE1

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE1	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceea',
    500: '#5bbae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae1;
$custom-light: #95ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE1

secondary

#E5C2B3

accent

#4B14D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE1

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

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