#5BBFDC#5BBFDC

#5BBFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.102 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFDC
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -20.87, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 31.29, 228.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0783 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.102 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8583, 44.6495, 74.4248)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFDC #DC785B

analogous

#5BDCB8 #5BBFDC #5B7EDC

triadic

#5BBFDC #DC5BBF #BFDC5B

tetradic

#5BBFDC #B85BDC #DC785B #7EDC5B

square

#5BBFDC #B85BDC #DC785B #7EDC5B

split-complementary

#5BBFDC #DC5B7E #DCB85B

monochromatic

#21809B #2CA9CE #5BBFDC #8DD3E7 #C0E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BBFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#5BBFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFDC

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFDC	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.102 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d2e7',
    500: '#5bbfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfdc;
$custom-light: #95d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.488,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75599,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFDC

secondary

#E2BCB1

accent

#4119CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFDC

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

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