#5BBEE8#5BBEE8

#5BBEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEE8
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -16.77, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 34.02, 240.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0728 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.11 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2876, 44.8735, 83.0247)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEE8 #E8855B

analogous

#5BE8CB #5BBEE8 #5B77E8

triadic

#5BBEE8 #E85BBE #BEE85B

tetradic

#5BBEE8 #CB5BE8 #E8855B #77E85B

square

#5BBEE8 #CB5BE8 #E8855B #77E85B

split-complementary

#5BBEE8 #E85B77 #E8CB5B

monochromatic

#1983B0 #25A9E0 #5BBEE8 #91D3F0 #C6E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BBEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#5BBEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEE8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEE8	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d1ef',
    500: '#5bbee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbee8;
$custom-light: #96d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEE8

secondary

#E9C5B6

accent

#4A0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEE8

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

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