#5BBCD6#5BBCD6

#5BBCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD6
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -21.09, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 30.25, 225.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0774 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.098 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4304, 43.0423, 70.0988)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD6 #D6755B

analogous

#5BD6B3 #5BBCD6 #5B7FD6

triadic

#5BBCD6 #D65BBC #BCD65B

tetradic

#5BBCD6 #B35BD6 #D6755B #7FD65B

square

#5BBCD6 #B35BD6 #D6755B #7FD65B

split-complementary

#5BBCD6 #D65B7F #D6B35B

monochromatic

#257B92 #31A4C3 #5BBCD6 #8CD0E2 #BDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#5BBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD6	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e2',
    500: '#5bbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd6;
$custom-light: #94d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.683,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.09806,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD6

secondary

#DEB9AF

accent

#6645E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD6

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

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