#5BBDEC#5BBDEC

#5BBDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDEC
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -15.02, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 35.33, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0704 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.114 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6464, 44.6717, 85.9791)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDEC #EC8A5B

analogous

#5BECD2 #5BBDEC #5B75EC

triadic

#5BBDEC #EC5BBD #BDEC5B

tetradic

#5BBDEC #D25BEC #EC8A5B #75EC5B

square

#5BBDEC #D25BEC #EC8A5B #75EC5B

split-complementary

#5BBDEC #EC5B75 #ECD25B

monochromatic

#1583B7 #24A7E6 #5BBDEC #92D3F2 #C9E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#5BBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDEC

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDEC	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0f2',
    500: '#5bbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdec;
$custom-light: #96d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.448,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDEC

secondary

#EBC9B8

accent

#4E0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDEC

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

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