#5BBEE6#5BBEE6

#5BBEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEE6
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -17.37, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 33.49, 238.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0736 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.109 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0052, 44.7606, 81.5370)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEE6 #E6835B

analogous

#5BE6C8 #5BBEE6 #5B78E6

triadic

#5BBEE6 #E65BBE #BEE65B

tetradic

#5BBEE6 #C85BE6 #E6835B #78E65B

square

#5BBEE6 #C85BE6 #E6835B #78E65B

split-complementary

#5BBEE6 #E65B78 #E6C85B

monochromatic

#1A82AC #26A9DE #5BBEE6 #90D3EE #C5E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BBEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#5BBEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEE6

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEE6	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ee',
    500: '#5bbee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbee6;
$custom-light: #95d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEE6

secondary

#E7C4B5

accent

#4910D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEE6

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

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