#5B9AEC#5B9AEC

#5B9AEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.138 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B9AEC
RGBrgb(91, 154, 236)
HSLhsl(214, 79%, 64%)
HSVhsv(214, 61%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(62.83, 4.39, -47.34)
CIE-LCHlch(62.83, 47.54, 275.30°)
OKLaboklab(68.04% -0.0342 -0.1341)
OKLCHoklch(68.04% 0.138 255.7)
XYZxyz(31.0049, 31.3886, 83.7653)
Luminance0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B9AEC #ECAD5B
analogous
#5BE3EC #5B9AEC #655BEC
triadic
#5B9AEC #EC5B9A #9AEC5B
tetradic
#5B9AEC #EC5BE3 #ECAD5B #5BEC65
square
#5B9AEC #EC5BE3 #ECAD5B #5BEC65
split-complementary
#5B9AEC #EC655B #E3EC5B
monochromatic
#155CB7 #2478E6 #5B9AEC #92BCF2 #C9DEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89
#5B9AEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28
#5B9AEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9AEC
7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B9AEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5B9AEC1.002.897.287.28
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2821.001.001.00
##0000007.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#77A0EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6392EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b9aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 154, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.138 255.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b7f2',
    500: '#5b9aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b9aec;
$custom-light: #95b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b9aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.931,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68041,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B9AEC
secondary
#EBD5B8
accent
#800ADC
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1117
muted
#7E8085

Preview Lab

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#5B9AEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva