#5BBAE3#5BBAE3

#5BBAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE3
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -16.19, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 33.15, 240.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0704 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.107 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7330, 42.8845, 79.0526)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE3 #E3845B

analogous

#5BE3C8 #5BBAE3 #5B76E3

triadic

#5BBAE3 #E35BBA #BAE35B

tetradic

#5BBAE3 #C85BE3 #E3845B #76E35B

square

#5BBAE3 #C85BE3 #E3845B #76E35B

split-complementary

#5BBAE3 #E35B76 #E3C85B

monochromatic

#1D7DA7 #27A4DA #5BBAE3 #8FD0EC #C4E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#5BBAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE3

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE3	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceec',
    500: '#5bbae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae3;
$custom-light: #95ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE3

secondary

#E6C3B4

accent

#4D13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE3

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

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