#5BA0B2#5BA0B2

#5BA0B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.075 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA0B2
RGB	rgb(91, 160, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -16.84, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 23.29, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0599 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.075 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9180, 30.5781, 46.6999)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA0B2 #B26D5B

analogous

#5BB299 #5BA0B2 #5B74B2

triadic

#5BA0B2 #B25BA0 #A0B25B

tetradic

#5BA0B2 #995BB2 #B26D5B #74B25B

square

#5BA0B2 #995BB2 #B26D5B #74B25B

split-complementary

#5BA0B2 #B25B74 #B2995B

monochromatic

#2F5964 #427E8D #5BA0B2 #85B8C6 #AED0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#5BA0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#5BA0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA0B2

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA0B2	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 160, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.075 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbcc9',
    500: '#5ba0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba0b2;
$custom-light: #8fbcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6671,
    "c": 0.07457,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA0B2

secondary

#C7A9A2

accent

#735CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA0B2

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

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