#5BBFD8#5BBFD8

#5BBFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFD8
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -22.04, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 30.68, 224.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0799 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.099 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3349, 44.4402, 71.6681)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFD8 #D8745B

analogous

#5BD8B2 #5BBFD8 #5B80D8

triadic

#5BBFD8 #D85BBF #BFD85B

tetradic

#5BBFD8 #B25BD8 #D8745B #80D85B

square

#5BBFD8 #B25BD8 #D8745B #80D85B

split-complementary

#5BBFD8 #D85B80 #D8B25B

monochromatic

#237E95 #2FA8C7 #5BBFD8 #8CD2E4 #BEE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5BBFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#5BBFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFD8

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFD8	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2e4',
    500: '#5bbfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfd8;
$custom-light: #94d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75441,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFD8

secondary

#DFB9AF

accent

#3F1CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFD8

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

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