#5BBDDC#5BBDDC

#5BBDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDDC
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -19.84, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 31.29, 230.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0762 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.102 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4251, 43.7832, 74.2804)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDDC #DC7A5B

analogous

#5BDCBB #5BBDDC #5B7CDC

triadic

#5BBDDC #DC5BBD #BDDC5B

tetradic

#5BBDDC #BB5BDC #DC7A5B #7CDC5B

square

#5BBDDC #BB5BDC #DC7A5B #7CDC5B

split-complementary

#5BBDDC #DC5B7C #DCBB5B

monochromatic

#217E9B #2CA7CE #5BBDDC #8DD1E7 #C0E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#5BBDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#5BBDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDDC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDDC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1e7',
    500: '#5bbddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbddc;
$custom-light: #94d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75137,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDDC

secondary

#E2BDB1

accent

#4419CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDDC

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

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