#5BBDE0#5BBDE0

#5BBDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.104 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDE0
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -18.65, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 32.12, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0747 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.104 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9612, 43.9976, 77.1038)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDE0 #E07E5B

analogous

#5BE0C0 #5BBDE0 #5B7BE0

triadic

#5BBDE0 #E05BBD #BDE05B

tetradic

#5BBDE0 #C05BE0 #E07E5B #7BE05B

square

#5BBDE0 #C05BE0 #E07E5B #7BE05B

split-complementary

#5BBDE0 #E05B7B #E0C05B

monochromatic

#1F7FA2 #28A8D5 #5BBDE0 #8ED2EA #C2E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#5BBDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDE0

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDE0	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.104 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1e9',
    500: '#5bbde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbde0;
$custom-light: #95d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75299,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDE0

secondary

#E4C0B3

accent

#4715D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDE0

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

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