#5BBCEF#5BBCEF

#5BBCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCEF
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -13.57, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 36.47, 248.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0683 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.117 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8716, 44.4188, 88.2225)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCEF #EF8E5B

analogous

#5BEFD8 #5BBCEF #5B72EF

triadic

#5BBCEF #EF5BBC #BCEF5B

tetradic

#5BBCEF #D85BEF #EF8E5B #72EF5B

square

#5BBCEF #D85BEF #EF8E5B #72EF5B

split-complementary

#5BBCEF #EF5B72 #EFD85B

monochromatic

#1282BD #23A5EA #5BBCEF #93D3F4 #CBEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5BBCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#5BBCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCEF

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCEF	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0f4',
    500: '#5bbcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcef;
$custom-light: #96d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.676,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7571,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCEF

secondary

#ECCBBA

accent

#5107DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCEF

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

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