#5BBAE8#5BBAE8

#5BBAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE8
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -14.66, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 34.62, 244.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0687 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.111 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4332, 43.1646, 82.7398)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE8 #E8895B

analogous

#5BE8CF #5BBAE8 #5B73E8

triadic

#5BBAE8 #E85BBA #BAE85B

tetradic

#5BBAE8 #CF5BE8 #E8895B #73E85B

square

#5BBAE8 #CF5BE8 #E8895B #73E85B

split-complementary

#5BBAE8 #E85B73 #E8CF5B

monochromatic

#197FB0 #25A3E0 #5BBAE8 #91D1F0 #C6E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#5BBAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE8	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ceef',
    500: '#5bbae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae8;
$custom-light: #96ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.574,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE8

secondary

#E9C7B6

accent

#500ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE8

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

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