#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
RGBrgb(91, 161, 206)
HSLhsl(203, 54%, 58%)
HSVhsv(203, 56%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(55.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.48, -9.13, -29.71)
CIE-LCHlch(63.48, 31.08, 252.93°)
OKLaboklab(68.11% -0.0506 -0.083)
OKLCHoklch(68.11% 0.097 238.6)
XYZxyz(28.1957, 32.1676, 63.1037)
Luminance0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##5BA1CE1.002.827.437.43
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4321.001.001.00
##0000007.4321.001.001.00

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

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#5BA1CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva