#5BBCDC#5BBCDC

#5BBCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCDC
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -19.33, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 31.31, 231.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0751 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.102 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2108, 43.3545, 74.2089)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCDC #DC7B5B

analogous

#5BDCBB #5BBCDC #5B7BDC

triadic

#5BBCDC #DC5BBC #BCDC5B

tetradic

#5BBCDC #BB5BDC #DC7B5B #7BDC5B

square

#5BBCDC #BB5BDC #DC7B5B #7BDC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCDC #DC5B7B #DCBB5B

monochromatic

#217D9B #2CA6CE #5BBCDC #8DD1E7 #C0E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#5BBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#5BBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCDC

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCDC	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e7',
    500: '#5bbcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcdc;
$custom-light: #94d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCDC

secondary

#E2BDB1

accent

#4519CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCDC

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

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