#5BBEE5#5BBEE5

#5BBEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.108 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEE5
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -17.68, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 33.23, 237.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0739 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.108 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8652, 44.7045, 80.7996)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEE5 #E5825B

analogous

#5BE5C7 #5BBEE5 #5B79E5

triadic

#5BBEE5 #E55BBE #BEE55B

tetradic

#5BBEE5 #C75BE5 #E5825B #79E55B

square

#5BBEE5 #C75BE5 #E5825B #79E55B

split-complementary

#5BBEE5 #E55B79 #E5C75B

monochromatic

#1B82AB #26A9DD #5BBEE5 #90D3ED #C5E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BBEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#5BBEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEE5

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEE5	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.108 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ed',
    500: '#5bbee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbee5;
$custom-light: #95d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEE5

secondary

#E7C3B5

accent

#4811D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEE5

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

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