#5BBCE8#5BBCE8

#5BBCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE8
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -15.72, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 34.29, 242.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0707 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.111 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8574, 44.0131, 82.8813)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE8 #E8875B

analogous

#5BE8CD #5BBCE8 #5B75E8

triadic

#5BBCE8 #E85BBC #BCE85B

tetradic

#5BBCE8 #CD5BE8 #E8875B #75E85B

square

#5BBCE8 #CD5BE8 #E8875B #75E85B

split-complementary

#5BBCE8 #E85B75 #E8CD5B

monochromatic

#1981B0 #25A6E0 #5BBCE8 #91D2F0 #C6E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#5BBCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE8

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE8	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0ef',
    500: '#5bbce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce8;
$custom-light: #96d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE8

secondary

#E9C6B6

accent

#4D0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE8

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

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