#5BA3BE#5BA3BE

#5BA3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.082 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3BE
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -15.00, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 25.67, 234.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0587 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.082 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7023, 32.1340, 53.5005)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3BE #BE765B

analogous

#5BBEA8 #5BA3BE #5B71BE

triadic

#5BA3BE #BE5BA3 #A3BE5B

tetradic

#5BA3BE #A85BBE #BE765B #71BE5B

square

#5BA3BE #A85BBE #BE765B #71BE5B

split-complementary

#5BA3BE #BE5B71 #BEA85B

monochromatic

#2D5F72 #3E839D #5BA3BE #87BCCF #B3D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#5BA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#5BA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3BE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3BE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.082 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bed1',
    500: '#5ba3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3be;
$custom-light: #90bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6789,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3BE

secondary

#CFB1A6

accent

#7755D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3BE

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

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