#5BBCE6#5BBCE6

#5BBCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE6
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -16.33, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 33.73, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0715 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.109 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5750, 43.9001, 81.3936)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE6 #E6855B

analogous

#5BE6CA #5BBCE6 #5B77E6

triadic

#5BBCE6 #E65BBC #BCE65B

tetradic

#5BBCE6 #CA5BE6 #E6855B #77E65B

square

#5BBCE6 #CA5BE6 #E6855B #77E65B

split-complementary

#5BBCE6 #E65B77 #E6CA5B

monochromatic

#1A80AC #26A6DE #5BBCE6 #90D2EE #C5E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#5BBCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#5BBCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE6

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE6	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0ee',
    500: '#5bbce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce6;
$custom-light: #95d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7532,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE6

secondary

#E7C4B5

accent

#4C10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE6

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

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