#5BBBE2#5BBBE2

#5BBBE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.106 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBE2
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -17.01, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 32.77, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0718 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.106 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8068, 43.2523, 78.3983)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBE2 #E2825B

analogous

#5BE2C5 #5BBBE2 #5B78E2

triadic

#5BBBE2 #E25BBB #BBE25B

tetradic

#5BBBE2 #C55BE2 #E2825B #78E25B

square

#5BBBE2 #C55BE2 #E2825B #78E25B

split-complementary

#5BBBE2 #E25B78 #E2C55B

monochromatic

#1D7EA5 #27A5D9 #5BBBE2 #8FD1EB #C3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#5BBBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBE2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBE2	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)

#A6B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.106 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cfeb',
    500: '#5bbbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbe2;
$custom-light: #95cfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74923,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBE2

secondary

#E5C2B4

accent

#4B14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBE2

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

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