#5BBCD8#5BBCD8

#5BBCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD8
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -20.50, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 30.57, 227.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0766 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.099 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6874, 43.1451, 71.4523)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD8 #D8775B

analogous

#5BD8B5 #5BBCD8 #5B7DD8

triadic

#5BBCD8 #D85BBC #BCD85B

tetradic

#5BBCD8 #B55BD8 #D8775B #7DD85B

square

#5BBCD8 #B55BD8 #D8775B #7DD85B

split-complementary

#5BBCD8 #D85B7D #D8B55B

monochromatic

#237C95 #2FA5C7 #5BBCD8 #8CD0E4 #BEE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#5BBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD8	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e4',
    500: '#5bbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd8;
$custom-light: #94d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.44,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD8

secondary

#DFBAAF

accent

#431CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD8

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

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