#5BBDE6#5BBDE6

#5BBDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDE6
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -16.85, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 33.60, 239.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0725 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.109 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7893, 44.3289, 81.4651)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDE6 #E6845B

analogous

#5BE6CA #5BBDE6 #5B77E6

triadic

#5BBDE6 #E65BBD #BDE65B

tetradic

#5BBDE6 #CA5BE6 #E6845B #77E65B

square

#5BBDE6 #CA5BE6 #E6845B #77E65B

split-complementary

#5BBDE6 #E65B77 #E6CA5B

monochromatic

#1A81AC #26A8DE #5BBDE6 #90D2EE #C5E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#5BBDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#5BBDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDE6

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDE6	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ee',
    500: '#5bbde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbde6;
$custom-light: #95d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75548,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDE6

secondary

#E7C4B5

accent

#4A10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDE6

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

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