#5BBDD9#5BBDD9

#5BBDD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.100 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDD9
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -20.72, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 30.75, 227.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0773 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.1 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0314, 43.6257, 72.2066)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDD9 #D9775B

analogous

#5BD9B6 #5BBDD9 #5B7ED9

triadic

#5BBDD9 #D95BBD #BDD95B

tetradic

#5BBDD9 #B65BD9 #D9775B #7ED95B

square

#5BBDD9 #B65BD9 #D9775B #7ED95B

split-complementary

#5BBDD9 #D95B7E #D9B65B

monochromatic

#237D97 #2EA6C8 #5BBDD9 #8DD1E5 #BEE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#5BBDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#5BBDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDD9

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDD9	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.100 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1e4',
    500: '#5bbdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdd9;
$custom-light: #94d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75017,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDD9

secondary

#E0BBB0

accent

#421BCA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDD9

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

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