#5BBCD0#5BBCD0

#5BBCD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD0
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -22.82, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 29.52, 219.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0797 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.095 213)
XYZ	xyz(33.6782, 42.7414, 66.1374)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD0 #D06F5B

analogous

#5BD0A9 #5BBCD0 #5B81D0

triadic

#5BBCD0 #D05BBC #BCD05B

tetradic

#5BBCD0 #A95BD0 #D06F5B #81D05B

square

#5BBCD0 #A95BD0 #D06F5B #81D05B

split-complementary

#5BBCD0 #D05B81 #D0A95B

monochromatic

#277989 #35A2B9 #5BBCD0 #8BCFDE #BAE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#5BBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD0	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0de',
    500: '#5bbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd0;
$custom-light: #93d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.256,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.42745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD0

secondary

#DBB4AC

accent

#6349DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD0

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

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