#5BBCE3#5BBCE3

#5BBCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE3
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -17.24, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 32.92, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0725 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.107 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1573, 43.7331, 79.1940)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE3 #E3825B

analogous

#5BE3C6 #5BBCE3 #5B78E3

triadic

#5BBCE3 #E35BBC #BCE35B

tetradic

#5BBCE3 #C65BE3 #E3825B #78E35B

square

#5BBCE3 #C65BE3 #E3825B #78E35B

split-complementary

#5BBCE3 #E35B78 #E3C65B

monochromatic

#1D7FA7 #27A7DA #5BBCE3 #8FD1EC #C4E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#5BBCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#5BBCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE3

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE3	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0ec',
    500: '#5bbce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce3;
$custom-light: #95d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75194,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE3

secondary

#E6C2B4

accent

#4A13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE3

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

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