#5BBEE2#5BBEE2

#5BBEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.106 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEE2
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -18.58, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 32.51, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.075 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.106 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4499, 44.5384, 78.6126)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEE2 #E27F5B

analogous

#5BE2C3 #5BBEE2 #5B7BE2

triadic

#5BBEE2 #E25BBE #BEE25B

tetradic

#5BBEE2 #C35BE2 #E27F5B #7BE25B

square

#5BBEE2 #C35BE2 #E27F5B #7BE25B

split-complementary

#5BBEE2 #E25B7B #E2C35B

monochromatic

#1D81A5 #27A9D9 #5BBEE2 #8FD3EB #C3E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5BBEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#5BBEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEE2

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEE2	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)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.106 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1eb',
    500: '#5bbee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbee2;
$custom-light: #95d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75611,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEE2

secondary

#E5C1B4

accent

#4614D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEE2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →