#5BBDEA#5BBDEA

#5BBDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDEA
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -15.64, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 34.73, 243.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0711 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.112 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3575, 44.5561, 84.4574)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDEA #EA885B

analogous

#5BEACF #5BBDEA #5B75EA

triadic

#5BBDEA #EA5BBD #BDEA5B

tetradic

#5BBDEA #CF5BEA #EA885B #75EA5B

square

#5BBDEA #CF5BEA #EA885B #75EA5B

split-complementary

#5BBDEA #EA5B75 #EACF5B

monochromatic

#1782B4 #25A7E3 #5BBDEA #91D3F1 #C8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5BBDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#5BBDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDEA

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDEA	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0f1',
    500: '#5bbdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdea;
$custom-light: #96d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDEA

secondary

#EAC7B7

accent

#4D0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDEA

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

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