#5BA4BC#5BA4BC

#5BA4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.081 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4BC
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -16.11, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 25.20, 230.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0606 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.081 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6635, 32.4036, 52.4166)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4BC #BC735B

analogous

#5BBCA3 #5BA4BC #5B74BC

triadic

#5BA4BC #BC5BA4 #A4BC5B

tetradic

#5BA4BC #A35BBC #BC735B #74BC5B

square

#5BA4BC #A35BBC #BC735B #74BC5B

split-complementary

#5BA4BC #BC5B74 #BCA35B

monochromatic

#2D5F6F #3F849B #5BA4BC #86BCCE #B2D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#5BA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#5BA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4BC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4BC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.081 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfd0',
    500: '#5ba4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4bc;
$custom-light: #90bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68043,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4BC

secondary

#CEAFA5

accent

#7556D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4BC

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

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