#5BBCE7#5BBCE7

#5BBCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.110 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE7
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -16.02, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 34.01, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0711 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.11 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7158, 43.9565, 82.1353)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE7 #E7865B

analogous

#5BE7CC #5BBCE7 #5B76E7

triadic

#5BBCE7 #E75BBC #BCE75B

tetradic

#5BBCE7 #CC5BE7 #E7865B #76E75B

square

#5BBCE7 #CC5BE7 #E7865B #76E75B

split-complementary

#5BBCE7 #E75B76 #E7CC5B

monochromatic

#1980AE #26A6DF #5BBCE7 #90D2EF #C6E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#5BBCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE7

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE7	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.110 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0ee',
    500: '#5bbce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce7;
$custom-light: #95d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75363,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE7

secondary

#E8C5B6

accent

#4C0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE7

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

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