#5BA3BB#5BA3BB

#5BA3BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.080 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3BB
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -15.87, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 25.00, 230.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0599 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.08 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3778, 32.0042, 51.7914)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3BB #BB735B

analogous

#5BBBA3 #5BA3BB #5B73BB

triadic

#5BA3BB #BB5BA3 #A3BB5B

tetradic

#5BA3BB #A35BBB #BB735B #73BB5B

square

#5BA3BB #A35BBB #BB735B #73BB5B

split-complementary

#5BA3BB #BB5B73 #BBA35B

monochromatic

#2E5E6E #408399 #5BA3BB #86BBCD #B2D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#5BA3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#5BA3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3BB

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3BB	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.080 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90becf',
    500: '#5ba3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3bb;
$custom-light: #90becf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67769,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3BB

secondary

#CDAFA5

accent

#7557D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3BB

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

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