#5BBDD6#5BBDD6

#5BBDD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDD6
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -21.60, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 30.30, 224.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0785 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.098 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6447, 43.4710, 70.1703)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDD6 #D6745B

analogous

#5BD6B1 #5BBDD6 #5B80D6

triadic

#5BBDD6 #D65BBD #BDD65B

tetradic

#5BBDD6 #B15BD6 #D6745B #80D65B

square

#5BBDD6 #B15BD6 #D6745B #80D65B

split-complementary

#5BBDD6 #D65B80 #D6B15B

monochromatic

#257C92 #31A5C3 #5BBDD6 #8CD1E2 #BDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#5BBDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#5BBDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDD6

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDD6	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1e2',
    500: '#5bbdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdd6;
$custom-light: #94d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.195,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDD6

secondary

#DEB8AF

accent

#6545E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDD6

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

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