#5BA0B0#5BA0B0

#5BA0B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.074 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA0B0
RGB	rgb(91, 160, 176)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -17.41, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 23.02, 220.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0607 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.074 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7187, 30.4983, 45.6500)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA0B0 #B06B5B

analogous

#5BB095 #5BA0B0 #5B76B0

triadic

#5BA0B0 #B05BA0 #A0B05B

tetradic

#5BA0B0 #955BB0 #B06B5B #76B05B

square

#5BA0B0 #955BB0 #B06B5B #76B05B

split-complementary

#5BA0B0 #B05B76 #B0955B

monochromatic

#2F5862 #437D8B #5BA0B0 #84B8C4 #AED0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#5BA0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#5BA0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA0B0

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA0B0	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 160, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.074 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbcc7',
    500: '#5ba0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba0b0;
$custom-light: #8fbcc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 34.979,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66633,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA0B0

secondary

#C6A8A1

accent

#725DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA0B0

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

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