#5BBCEA#5BBCEA

#5BBCEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCEA
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -15.11, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 34.89, 244.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.07 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.112 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1431, 44.1274, 84.3859)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCEA #EA895B

analogous

#5BEAD0 #5BBCEA #5B74EA

triadic

#5BBCEA #EA5BBC #BCEA5B

tetradic

#5BBCEA #D05BEA #EA895B #74EA5B

square

#5BBCEA #D05BEA #EA895B #74EA5B

split-complementary

#5BBCEA #EA5B74 #EAD05B

monochromatic

#1781B4 #25A6E3 #5BBCEA #91D2F1 #C8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#5BBCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCEA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCEA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0f1',
    500: '#5bbcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcea;
$custom-light: #96d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCEA

secondary

#EAC7B7

accent

#4E0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCEA

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

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