#5BA0BB#5BA0BB

#5BA0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.080 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA0BB
RGB	rgb(91, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -14.26, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 25.10, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0564 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.08 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8515, 30.9515, 51.6160)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA0BB #BB765B

analogous

#5BBBA6 #5BA0BB #5B70BB

triadic

#5BA0BB #BB5BA0 #A0BB5B

tetradic

#5BA0BB #A65BBB #BB765B #70BB5B

square

#5BA0BB #A65BBB #BB765B #70BB5B

split-complementary

#5BA0BB #BB5B70 #BBA65B

monochromatic

#2E5C6E #408099 #5BA0BB #86B9CD #B2D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#5BA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#5BA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA0BB

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA0BB	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.080 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bccf',
    500: '#5ba0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba0bb;
$custom-light: #90bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67068,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA0BB

secondary

#CDB0A5

accent

#7957D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA0BB

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

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