#5BBAE9#5BBAE9

#5BBAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAE9
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -14.36, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 34.93, 245.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0683 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.112 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5756, 43.2215, 83.4900)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAE9 #E98A5B

analogous

#5BE9D1 #5BBAE9 #5B73E9

triadic

#5BBAE9 #E95BBA #BAE95B

tetradic

#5BBAE9 #D15BE9 #E98A5B #73E95B

square

#5BBAE9 #D15BE9 #E98A5B #73E95B

split-complementary

#5BBAE9 #E95B73 #E9D15B

monochromatic

#187FB2 #25A3E2 #5BBAE9 #91D1F0 #C7E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#5BBAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAE9

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAE9	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cef0',
    500: '#5bbae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbae9;
$custom-light: #96cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAE9

secondary

#E9C7B7

accent

#500DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAE9

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

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