#5BBEE1#5BBEE1

#5BBEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.105 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEE1
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -18.87, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 32.29, 234.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0754 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.105 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3131, 44.4837, 77.8921)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEE1 #E17E5B

analogous

#5BE1C1 #5BBEE1 #5B7BE1

triadic

#5BBEE1 #E15BBE #BEE15B

tetradic

#5BBEE1 #C15BE1 #E17E5B #7BE15B

square

#5BBEE1 #C15BE1 #E17E5B #7BE15B

split-complementary

#5BBEE1 #E15B7B #E1C15B

monochromatic

#1E81A4 #27A9D7 #5BBEE1 #8FD3EA #C2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5BBEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#5BBEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEE1

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEE1	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.105 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ea',
    500: '#5bbee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbee1;
$custom-light: #95d1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7557,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEE1

secondary

#E5C0B3

accent

#4614D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEE1

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

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