#5BBDE2#5BBDE2

#5BBDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.106 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDE2
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -18.06, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 32.59, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.074 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.106 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2341, 44.1068, 78.5407)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDE2 #E2805B

analogous

#5BE2C3 #5BBDE2 #5B7AE2

triadic

#5BBDE2 #E25BBD #BDE25B

tetradic

#5BBDE2 #C35BE2 #E2805B #7AE25B

square

#5BBDE2 #C35BE2 #E2805B #7AE25B

split-complementary

#5BBDE2 #E25B7A #E2C35B

monochromatic

#1D80A5 #27A8D9 #5BBDE2 #8FD2EB #C3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#5BBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDE2

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDE2	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.106 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1eb',
    500: '#5bbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbde2;
$custom-light: #95d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDE2

secondary

#E5C1B4

accent

#4814D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDE2

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

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