#5BBFDE#5BBFDE

#5BBFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFDE
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -20.28, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 31.65, 230.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0776 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.103 221)
XYZ	xyz(36.1248, 44.7561, 75.8281)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFDE #DE7A5B

analogous

#5BDEBB #5BBFDE #5B7EDE

triadic

#5BBFDE #DE5BBF #BFDE5B

tetradic

#5BBFDE #BB5BDE #DE7A5B #7EDE5B

square

#5BBFDE #BB5BDE #DE7A5B #7EDE5B

split-complementary

#5BBFDE #DE5B7E #DEBB5B

monochromatic

#20819F #2AAAD2 #5BBFDE #8ED3E8 #C1E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BBFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#5BBFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFDE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFDE	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)

#ACBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d2e8',
    500: '#5bbfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfde;
$custom-light: #95d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.4476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFDE

secondary

#E3BEB2

accent

#4217CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFDE

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

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