#5BBDE3#5BBDE3

#5BBDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.106 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDE3
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -17.76, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 32.83, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0736 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.106 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3717, 44.1618, 79.2654)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDE3 #E3815B

analogous

#5BE3C5 #5BBDE3 #5B79E3

triadic

#5BBDE3 #E35BBD #BDE35B

tetradic

#5BBDE3 #C55BE3 #E3815B #79E35B

square

#5BBDE3 #C55BE3 #E3815B #79E35B

split-complementary

#5BBDE3 #E35B79 #E3C55B

monochromatic

#1D80A7 #27A8DA #5BBDE3 #8FD2EC #C4E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5BBDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#5BBDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDE3

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDE3	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.106 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ec',
    500: '#5bbde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbde3;
$custom-light: #95d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDE3

secondary

#E6C2B4

accent

#4813D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDE3

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

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