#5BBDDA#5BBDDA

#5BBDDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDDA
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -20.43, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 30.92, 228.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0769 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.1 220)
XYZ	xyz(35.1619, 43.6779, 72.8937)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDDA #DA785B

analogous

#5BDAB7 #5BBDDA #5B7DDA

triadic

#5BBDDA #DA5BBD #BDDA5B

tetradic

#5BBDDA #B75BDA #DA785B #7DDA5B

square

#5BBDDA #B75BDA #DA785B #7DDA5B

split-complementary

#5BBDDA #DA5B7D #DAB75B

monochromatic

#227D98 #2EA6CA #5BBDDA #8DD1E5 #BFE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#5BBDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#5BBDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDDA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDDA	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1e5',
    500: '#5bbdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdda;
$custom-light: #94d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75057,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.43681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDDA

secondary

#E1BBB0

accent

#431BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDDA

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

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