#5BBCD7#5BBCD7

#5BBCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD7
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -20.80, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 30.41, 226.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.077 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.099 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5585, 43.0935, 70.7735)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD7 #D7765B

analogous

#5BD7B4 #5BBCD7 #5B7ED7

triadic

#5BBCD7 #D75BBC #BCD75B

tetradic

#5BBCD7 #B45BD7 #D7765B #7ED75B

square

#5BBCD7 #B45BD7 #D7765B #7ED75B

split-complementary

#5BBCD7 #D75B7E #D7B45B

monochromatic

#247B94 #30A4C5 #5BBCD7 #8CD0E3 #BDE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#5BBCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD7

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD7	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e3',
    500: '#5bbcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd7;
$custom-light: #94d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.065,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD7

secondary

#DFB9AF

accent

#6744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD7

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

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