#5BBAEF#5BBAEF

#5BBAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBAEF
RGB	rgb(91, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -12.51, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 36.91, 250.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0663 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.118 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4473, 43.5702, 88.0810)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBAEF #EF905B

analogous

#5BEFDA #5BBAEF #5B70EF

triadic

#5BBAEF #EF5BBA #BAEF5B

tetradic

#5BBAEF #DA5BEF #EF905B #70EF5B

square

#5BBAEF #DA5BEF #EF905B #70EF5B

split-complementary

#5BBAEF #EF5B70 #EFDA5B

monochromatic

#1280BD #23A3EA #5BBAEF #93D1F4 #CBE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#5BBAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#5BBAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBAEF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBAEF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cef4',
    500: '#5bbaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbaef;
$custom-light: #96cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.486,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBAEF

secondary

#ECCCBA

accent

#5407DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBAEF

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

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