#5BA3CD#5BA3CD

#5BA3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.095 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3CD
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -10.53, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 30.22, 249.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0532 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.095 236)
XYZ	xyz(28.4269, 32.8238, 62.5833)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3CD #CD855B

analogous

#5BCDBE #5BA3CD #5B6ACD

triadic

#5BA3CD #CD5BA3 #A3CD5B

tetradic

#5BA3CD #BE5BCD #CD855B #6ACD5B

square

#5BA3CD #BE5BCD #CD855B #6ACD5B

split-complementary

#5BA3CD #CD5B6A #CDBE5B

monochromatic

#296385 #3786B4 #5BA3CD #8ABDDB #B9D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#5BA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#5BA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3CD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3CD	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.095 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bedc',
    500: '#5ba3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3cd;
$custom-light: #92bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68526,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.32826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3CD

secondary

#D9BCAB

accent

#814BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3CD

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

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