#5BBCE1#5BBCE1

#5BBCE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE1
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -17.84, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 32.43, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0733 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.105 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8829, 43.6233, 77.7487)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE1 #E1805B

analogous

#5BE1C3 #5BBCE1 #5B79E1

triadic

#5BBCE1 #E15BBC #BCE15B

tetradic

#5BBCE1 #C35BE1 #E1805B #79E15B

square

#5BBCE1 #C35BE1 #E1805B #79E15B

split-complementary

#5BBCE1 #E15B79 #E1C35B

monochromatic

#1E7FA4 #27A7D7 #5BBCE1 #8FD1EA #C2E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#5BBCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#5BBCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE1

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE1	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0ea',
    500: '#5bbce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce1;
$custom-light: #95d0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE1

secondary

#E5C1B3

accent

#4914D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE1

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

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