#5BA4BE#5BA4BE

#5BA4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.082 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4BE
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -15.54, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 25.63, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0599 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.082 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8806, 32.4905, 53.5600)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4BE #BE755B

analogous

#5BBEA7 #5BA4BE #5B72BE

triadic

#5BA4BE #BE5BA4 #A4BE5B

tetradic

#5BA4BE #A75BBE #BE755B #72BE5B

square

#5BA4BE #A75BBE #BE755B #72BE5B

split-complementary

#5BA4BE #BE5B72 #BEA75B

monochromatic

#2D6072 #3E849D #5BA4BE #87BCCF #B3D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#5BA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#5BA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4BE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4BE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.082 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfd1',
    500: '#5ba4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4be;
$custom-light: #90bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68123,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4BE

secondary

#CFB1A6

accent

#7655D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4BE

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

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