#5BBCD4#5BBCD4

#5BBCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.097 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD4
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -21.67, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 29.97, 223.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0782 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.097 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1765, 42.9408, 68.7619)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD4 #D4735B

analogous

#5BD4B0 #5BBCD4 #5B80D4

triadic

#5BBCD4 #D45BBC #BCD45B

tetradic

#5BBCD4 #B05BD4 #D4735B #80D45B

square

#5BBCD4 #B05BD4 #D4735B #80D45B

split-complementary

#5BBCD4 #D45B80 #D4B05B

monochromatic

#267A8F #32A4C0 #5BBCD4 #8BD0E1 #BCE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#5BBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.097 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e1',
    500: '#5bbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd4;
$custom-light: #94d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.901,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD4

secondary

#DDB7AE

accent

#6546E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD4

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

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