#5BBAE6#5BBAE6

#5BBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE6
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -15.28, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 34.01, 243.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0694 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.11 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1507, 43.0516, 81.2522)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE6 #E6875B

analogous

#5BE6CD #5BBAE6 #5B74E6

triadic

#5BBAE6 #E65BBA #BAE65B

tetradic

#5BBAE6 #CD5BE6 #E6875B #74E65B

square

#5BBAE6 #CD5BE6 #E6875B #74E65B

split-complementary

#5BBAE6 #E65B74 #E6CD5B

monochromatic

#1A7EAC #26A4DE #5BBAE6 #90D0EE #C5E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#5BBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE6	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceee',
    500: '#5bbae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae6;
$custom-light: #95ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74865,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE6

secondary

#E7C5B5

accent

#4E10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE6

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

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