#5BBFE6#5BBFE6

#5BBFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.108 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFE6
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -17.89, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 33.39, 237.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0746 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.108 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2225, 45.1952, 81.6095)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFE6 #E6825B

analogous

#5BE6C8 #5BBFE6 #5B79E6

triadic

#5BBFE6 #E65BBF #BFE65B

tetradic

#5BBFE6 #C85BE6 #E6825B #79E65B

square

#5BBFE6 #C85BE6 #E6825B #79E65B

split-complementary

#5BBFE6 #E65B79 #E6C85B

monochromatic

#1A83AC #26AADE #5BBFE6 #90D4EE #C5E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#5BBFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#5BBFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFE6

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFE6	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.108 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d2ee',
    500: '#5bbfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfe6;
$custom-light: #96d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76005,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFE6

secondary

#E7C3B5

accent

#4710D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFE6

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

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