#5BA1CD#5BA1CD

#5BA1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.096 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA1CD
RGB	rgb(91, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -9.43, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 30.70, 252.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.051 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.096 238)
XYZ	xyz(28.0746, 32.1192, 62.4659)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA1CD #CD875B

analogous

#5BCDC0 #5BA1CD #5B68CD

triadic

#5BA1CD #CD5BA1 #A1CD5B

tetradic

#5BA1CD #C05BCD #CD875B #68CD5B

square

#5BA1CD #C05BCD #CD875B #68CD5B

split-complementary

#5BA1CD #CD5B68 #CDC05B

monochromatic

#296185 #3784B4 #5BA1CD #8ABCDB #B9D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#5BA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#5BA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA1CD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA1CD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.096 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bcdc',
    500: '#5ba1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba1cd;
$custom-light: #92bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68068,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.32122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA1CD

secondary

#D9BDAB

accent

#834BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA1CD

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

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