#5BBEE3#5BBEE3

#5BBEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.106 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEE3
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -18.28, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 32.75, 236.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0746 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.106 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5875, 44.5935, 79.3374)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEE3 #E3805B

analogous

#5BE3C4 #5BBEE3 #5B7AE3

triadic

#5BBEE3 #E35BBE #BEE35B

tetradic

#5BBEE3 #C45BE3 #E3805B #7AE35B

square

#5BBEE3 #C45BE3 #E3805B #7AE35B

split-complementary

#5BBEE3 #E35B7A #E3C45B

monochromatic

#1D81A7 #27A9DA #5BBEE3 #8FD3EC #C4E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5BBEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#5BBEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEE3

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEE3	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.106 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ec',
    500: '#5bbee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbee3;
$custom-light: #95d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75652,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEE3

secondary

#E6C2B4

accent

#4713D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEE3

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

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