#5BBBD8#5BBBD8

#5BBBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBD8
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -19.99, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 30.56, 229.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0756 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.099 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4745, 42.7193, 71.3813)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBD8 #D8785B

analogous

#5BD8B6 #5BBBD8 #5B7CD8

triadic

#5BBBD8 #D85BBB #BBD85B

tetradic

#5BBBD8 #B65BD8 #D8785B #7CD85B

square

#5BBBD8 #B65BD8 #D8785B #7CD85B

split-complementary

#5BBBD8 #D85B7C #D8B65B

monochromatic

#237B95 #2FA3C7 #5BBBD8 #8CD0E4 #BEE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#5BBBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBD8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBD8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cfe4',
    500: '#5bbbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbd8;
$custom-light: #94cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.92,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBD8

secondary

#DFBBAF

accent

#441CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBD8

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

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