#5BBDDD#5BBDDD

#5BBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDDD
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -19.55, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 31.49, 231.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0758 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.102 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5580, 43.8363, 74.9799)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDDD #DD7B5B

analogous

#5BDDBC #5BBDDD #5B7CDD

triadic

#5BBDDD #DD5BBD #BDDD5B

tetradic

#5BBDDD #BC5BDD #DD7B5B #7CDD5B

square

#5BBDDD #BC5BDD #DD7B5B #7CDD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDDD #DD5B7C #DDBC5B

monochromatic

#217E9D #2BA7D0 #5BBDDD #8ED1E8 #C0E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#5BBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#5BBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDDD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDDD	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1e7',
    500: '#5bbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbddd;
$custom-light: #95d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDDD

secondary

#E2BEB1

accent

#4518CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDDD

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

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