#5BA3BA#5BA3BA

#5BA3BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.080 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3BA
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -16.16, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 24.80, 229.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0603 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.08 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2711, 31.9615, 51.2296)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3BA #BA725B

analogous

#5BBAA2 #5BA3BA #5B74BA

triadic

#5BA3BA #BA5BA3 #A3BA5B

tetradic

#5BA3BA #A25BBA #BA725B #74BA5B

square

#5BA3BA #A25BBA #BA725B #74BA5B

split-complementary

#5BA3BA #BA5B74 #BAA25B

monochromatic

#2E5E6D #408398 #5BA3BA #86BBCC #B1D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#5BA3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#5BA3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3BA

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3BA	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.080 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bece',
    500: '#5ba3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3ba;
$custom-light: #90bece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.526,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67729,
    "c": 0.07964,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3BA

secondary

#CDAEA4

accent

#7557D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3BA

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

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