#5BBCD2#5BBCD2

#5BBCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD2
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -22.25, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 29.73, 221.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.079 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.096 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9258, 42.8405, 67.4414)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD2 #D2715B

analogous

#5BD2AD #5BBCD2 #5B81D2

triadic

#5BBCD2 #D25BBC #BCD25B

tetradic

#5BBCD2 #AD5BD2 #D2715B #81D25B

square

#5BBCD2 #AD5BD2 #D2715B #81D25B

split-complementary

#5BBCD2 #D25B81 #D2AD5B

monochromatic

#26798C #34A3BC #5BBCD2 #8BD0DF #BBE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#5BBCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD2	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0df',
    500: '#5bbcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd2;
$custom-light: #93d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74512,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD2

secondary

#DCB6AD

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD2

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

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