#5BBDE1#5BBDE1

#5BBDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.105 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDE1
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -18.36, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 32.35, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0743 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.105 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0973, 44.0520, 77.8201)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDE1 #E17F5B

analogous

#5BE1C2 #5BBDE1 #5B7AE1

triadic

#5BBDE1 #E15BBD #BDE15B

tetradic

#5BBDE1 #C25BE1 #E17F5B #7AE15B

square

#5BBDE1 #C25BE1 #E17F5B #7AE15B

split-complementary

#5BBDE1 #E15B7A #E1C25B

monochromatic

#1E80A4 #27A8D7 #5BBDE1 #8FD2EA #C2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#5BBDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDE1

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDE1	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.105 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ea',
    500: '#5bbde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbde1;
$custom-light: #95d1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDE1

secondary

#E5C0B3

accent

#4714D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDE1

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

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