#5BA0CC#5BA0CC

#5BA0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.096 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA0CC
RGB	rgb(91, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -9.19, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 30.58, 252.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0502 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.096 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7802, 31.7230, 61.7742)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA0CC #CC875B

analogous

#5BCCBF #5BA0CC #5B67CC

triadic

#5BA0CC #CC5BA0 #A0CC5B

tetradic

#5BA0CC #BF5BCC #CC875B #67CC5B

square

#5BA0CC #BF5BCC #CC875B #67CC5B

split-complementary

#5BA0CC #CC5B67 #CCBF5B

monochromatic

#296084 #3782B2 #5BA0CC #8ABBDB #B8D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#5BA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#5BA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA0CC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA0CC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.096 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bcdb',
    500: '#5ba0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba0cc;
$custom-light: #91bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.363,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67795,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA0CC

secondary

#D8BCAB

accent

#844CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA0CC

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

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