#5BA1CE#5BA1CE

#5BA1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.097 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA1CE
RGB	rgb(91, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -9.13, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 31.08, 252.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0506 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.097 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1957, 32.1676, 63.1037)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA1CE #CE885B

analogous

#5BCEC1 #5BA1CE #5B67CE

triadic

#5BA1CE #CE5BA1 #A1CE5B

tetradic

#5BA1CE #C15BCE #CE885B #67CE5B

square

#5BA1CE #C15BCE #CE885B #67CE5B

split-complementary

#5BA1CE #CE5B67 #CEC15B

monochromatic

#286286 #3684B6 #5BA1CE #8ABCDC #B9D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#5BA1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#5BA1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA1CE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA1CE	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.097 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bcdd',
    500: '#5ba1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba1ce;
$custom-light: #92bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68113,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA1CE

secondary

#D9BDAB

accent

#844ADD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA1CE

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

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