#5BBAE2#5BBAE2

#5BBAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE2
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -16.49, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 32.88, 239.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0708 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.106 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5954, 42.8295, 78.3278)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE2 #E2835B

analogous

#5BE2C7 #5BBAE2 #5B77E2

triadic

#5BBAE2 #E25BBA #BAE25B

tetradic

#5BBAE2 #C75BE2 #E2835B #77E25B

square

#5BBAE2 #C75BE2 #E2835B #77E25B

split-complementary

#5BBAE2 #E25B77 #E2C75B

monochromatic

#1D7DA5 #27A4D9 #5BBAE2 #8FD0EB #C3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#5BBAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE2	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceeb',
    500: '#5bbae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae2;
$custom-light: #95ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE2

secondary

#E5C2B4

accent

#4C14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE2

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

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