#5BBCD5#5BBCD5

#5BBCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD5
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -21.38, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 30.11, 224.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0778 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.098 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3031, 42.9914, 69.4283)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD5 #D5745B

analogous

#5BD5B1 #5BBCD5 #5B7FD5

triadic

#5BBCD5 #D55BBC #BCD55B

tetradic

#5BBCD5 #B15BD5 #D5745B #7FD55B

square

#5BBCD5 #B15BD5 #D5745B #7FD55B

split-complementary

#5BBCD5 #D55B7F #D5B15B

monochromatic

#257B91 #32A4C1 #5BBCD5 #8CD0E1 #BCE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#5BBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD5	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e2',
    500: '#5bbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd5;
$custom-light: #94d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD5

secondary

#DEB8AE

accent

#6645E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →