#5BA1BE#5BA1BE

#5BA1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.083 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA1BE
RGB	rgb(91, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -13.93, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 25.80, 237.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0564 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.083 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3500, 31.4294, 53.3831)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA1BE #BE785B

analogous

#5BBEAA #5BA1BE #5B6FBE

triadic

#5BA1BE #BE5BA1 #A1BE5B

tetradic

#5BA1BE #AA5BBE #BE785B #6FBE5B

square

#5BA1BE #AA5BBE #BE785B #6FBE5B

split-complementary

#5BA1BE #BE5B6F #BEAA5B

monochromatic

#2D5D72 #3E829D #5BA1BE #87BACF #B3D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5BA1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#5BA1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA1BE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA1BE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.083 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bcd1',
    500: '#5ba1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba1be;
$custom-light: #90bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67424,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA1BE

secondary

#CFB2A6

accent

#7A55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA1BE

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

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