#5BBCE2#5BBCE2

#5BBCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE2
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -17.54, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 32.67, 237.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0729 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.106 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0197, 43.6780, 78.4692)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE2 #E2815B

analogous

#5BE2C5 #5BBCE2 #5B79E2

triadic

#5BBCE2 #E25BBC #BCE25B

tetradic

#5BBCE2 #C55BE2 #E2815B #79E25B

square

#5BBCE2 #C55BE2 #E2815B #79E25B

split-complementary

#5BBCE2 #E25B79 #E2C55B

monochromatic

#1D7FA5 #27A7D9 #5BBCE2 #8FD1EB #C3E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#5BBCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#5BBCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0eb',
    500: '#5bbce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce2;
$custom-light: #95d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE2

secondary

#E5C2B4

accent

#4914D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE2

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

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