#5BA4BF#5BA4BF

#5BA4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.083 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4BF
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -15.24, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 25.86, 233.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0595 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.083 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9903, 32.5343, 54.1375)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4BF #BF765B

analogous

#5BBFA8 #5BA4BF #5B72BF

triadic

#5BA4BF #BF5BA4 #A4BF5B

tetradic

#5BA4BF #A85BBF #BF765B #72BF5B

square

#5BA4BF #A85BBF #BF765B #72BF5B

split-complementary

#5BA4BF #BF5B72 #BFA85B

monochromatic

#2D6073 #3E859F #5BA4BF #87BCD0 #B3D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#5BA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#5BA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4BF

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4BF	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.083 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfd2',
    500: '#5ba4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4bf;
$custom-light: #90bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68164,
    "c": 0.08303,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4BF

secondary

#D0B1A6

accent

#7754D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4BF

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

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