#5BBAE4#5BBAE4

#5BBAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE4
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -15.88, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 33.43, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0701 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.108 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8714, 42.9399, 79.7815)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE4 #E4855B

analogous

#5BE4C9 #5BBAE4 #5B76E4

triadic

#5BBAE4 #E45BBA #BAE45B

tetradic

#5BBAE4 #C95BE4 #E4855B #76E45B

square

#5BBAE4 #C95BE4 #E4855B #76E45B

split-complementary

#5BBAE4 #E45B76 #E4C95B

monochromatic

#1C7EA9 #26A4DB #5BBAE4 #90D0ED #C4E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#5BBAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceec',
    500: '#5bbae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae4;
$custom-light: #95ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE4

secondary

#E6C4B4

accent

#4D12D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE4

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

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