#5BBCDE#5BBCDE

#5BBCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.103 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCDE
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -18.73, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 31.73, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0744 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.103 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4772, 43.4610, 75.6123)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCDE #DE7D5B

analogous

#5BDEBF #5BBCDE #5B7BDE

triadic

#5BBCDE #DE5BBC #BCDE5B

tetradic

#5BBCDE #BF5BDE #DE7D5B #7BDE5B

square

#5BBCDE #BF5BDE #DE7D5B #7BDE5B

split-complementary

#5BBCDE #DE5B7B #DEBF5B

monochromatic

#207E9F #2AA6D2 #5BBCDE #8ED1E8 #C1E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#5BBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#5BBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCDE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCDE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.103 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0e8',
    500: '#5bbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcde;
$custom-light: #95d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74987,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCDE

secondary

#E3BFB2

accent

#4717CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCDE

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

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