#5BBDE7#5BBDE7

#5BBDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.110 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDE7
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -16.55, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 33.87, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0722 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.11 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9302, 44.3852, 82.2068)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDE7 #E7855B

analogous

#5BE7CB #5BBDE7 #5B77E7

triadic

#5BBDE7 #E75BBD #BDE75B

tetradic

#5BBDE7 #CB5BE7 #E7855B #77E75B

square

#5BBDE7 #CB5BE7 #E7855B #77E75B

split-complementary

#5BBDE7 #E75B77 #E7CB5B

monochromatic

#1982AE #26A8DF #5BBDE7 #90D2EF #C6E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#5BBDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#5BBDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDE7

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDE7	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.110 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d1ee',
    500: '#5bbde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbde7;
$custom-light: #96d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDE7

secondary

#E8C5B6

accent

#4B0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDE7

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

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