#5BA1BF#5BA1BF

#5BA1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.083 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA1BF
RGB	rgb(91, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -13.63, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 26.07, 238.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.056 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.083 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4597, 31.4732, 53.9607)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA1BF #BF795B

analogous

#5BBFAB #5BA1BF #5B6FBF

triadic

#5BA1BF #BF5BA1 #A1BF5B

tetradic

#5BA1BF #AB5BBF #BF795B #6FBF5B

square

#5BA1BF #AB5BBF #BF795B #6FBF5B

split-complementary

#5BA1BF #BF5B6F #BFAB5B

monochromatic

#2D5E73 #3E829F #5BA1BF #87BAD0 #B3D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5BA1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#5BA1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA1BF

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA1BF	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)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.083 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bcd2',
    500: '#5ba1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba1bf;
$custom-light: #90bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67465,
    "c": 0.08334,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA1BF

secondary

#D0B3A6

accent

#7A54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA1BF

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

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