#5BBAE5#5BBAE5

#5BBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE5
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -15.58, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 33.72, 242.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0697 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.109 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0107, 42.9956, 80.5148)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE5 #E5865B

analogous

#5BE5CB #5BBAE5 #5B75E5

triadic

#5BBAE5 #E55BBA #BAE55B

tetradic

#5BBAE5 #CB5BE5 #E5865B #75E55B

square

#5BBAE5 #CB5BE5 #E5865B #75E55B

split-complementary

#5BBAE5 #E55B75 #E5CB5B

monochromatic

#1B7EAB #26A4DD #5BBAE5 #90D0ED #C5E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#5BBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceed',
    500: '#5bbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae5;
$custom-light: #95ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE5

secondary

#E7C4B5

accent

#4E11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE5

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

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