#5BA2BD#5BA2BD

#5BA2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.082 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA2BD
RGB	rgb(91, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -14.76, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 25.48, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0579 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.082 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4166, 31.7367, 52.8680)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA2BD #BD765B

analogous

#5BBDA7 #5BA2BD #5B71BD

triadic

#5BA2BD #BD5BA2 #A2BD5B

tetradic

#5BA2BD #A75BBD #BD765B #71BD5B

square

#5BA2BD #A75BBD #BD765B #71BD5B

split-complementary

#5BA2BD #BD5B71 #BDA75B

monochromatic

#2D5E70 #3F829C #5BA2BD #87BBCF #B2D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#5BA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#5BA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA2BD

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA2BD	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.082 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bdd1',
    500: '#5ba2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba2bd;
$custom-light: #90bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67616,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA2BD

secondary

#CFB1A5

accent

#7855D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA2BD

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

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