#5B9AE6#5B9AE6

#5B9AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.131 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9AE6
RGB	rgb(91, 154, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(213, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 33%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 2.43, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 44.55, 273.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0357 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.131 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1478, 31.0458, 79.2512)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9AE6 #E6A75B

analogous

#5BDFE6 #5B9AE6 #615BE6

triadic

#5B9AE6 #E65B9A #9AE65B

tetradic

#5B9AE6 #E65BDF #E6A75B #5BE661

square

#5B9AE6 #E65BDF #E6A75B #5BE661

split-complementary

#5B9AE6 #E6615B #DFE65B

monochromatic

#1A5CAC #2679DE #5B9AE6 #90BBEE #C5DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#5B9AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#5B9AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9AE6

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9AE6	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 154, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.131 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b7ee',
    500: '#5b9ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9ae6;
$custom-light: #94b7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.806,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67722,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9AE6

secondary

#E7D1B5

accent

#7C10D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9AE6

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

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