#5BBBD6#5BBBD6

#5BBBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBD6
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -20.58, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 30.22, 227.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0763 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.098 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2175, 42.6165, 70.0279)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBD6 #D6765B

analogous

#5BD6B4 #5BBBD6 #5B7DD6

triadic

#5BBBD6 #D65BBB #BBD65B

tetradic

#5BBBD6 #B45BD6 #D6765B #7DD65B

square

#5BBBD6 #B45BD6 #D6765B #7DD65B

split-complementary

#5BBBD6 #D65B7D #D6B45B

monochromatic

#257A92 #31A3C3 #5BBBD6 #8CCFE2 #BDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#5BBBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBD6

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBD6	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cfe2',
    500: '#5bbbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbd6;
$custom-light: #94cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBD6

secondary

#DEB9AF

accent

#6745E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBD6

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

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