#5BBCD9#5BBCD9

#5BBCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.100 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCD9
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -20.21, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 30.74, 228.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0763 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.1 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8170, 43.1970, 72.1352)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCD9 #D9785B

analogous

#5BD9B7 #5BBCD9 #5B7DD9

triadic

#5BBCD9 #D95BBC #BCD95B

tetradic

#5BBCD9 #B75BD9 #D9785B #7DD95B

square

#5BBCD9 #B75BD9 #D9785B #7DD95B

split-complementary

#5BBCD9 #D95B7D #D9B75B

monochromatic

#237C97 #2EA5C8 #5BBCD9 #8DD0E5 #BEE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#5BBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCD9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCD9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.100 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e4',
    500: '#5bbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcd9;
$custom-light: #94d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.81,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74786,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCD9

secondary

#E0BBB0

accent

#441BCA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCD9

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

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