#5BA4CD#5BA4CD

#5BA4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.095 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4CD
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -11.08, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 30.00, 248.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0543 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.095 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6052, 33.1803, 62.6428)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4CD #CD845B

analogous

#5BCDBD #5BA4CD #5B6BCD

triadic

#5BA4CD #CD5BA4 #A4CD5B

tetradic

#5BA4CD #BD5BCD #CD845B #6BCD5B

square

#5BA4CD #BD5BCD #CD845B #6BCD5B

split-complementary

#5BA4CD #CD5B6B #CDBD5B

monochromatic

#296485 #3787B4 #5BA4CD #8ABEDB #B9D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#5BA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#5BA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4CD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4CD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.095 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfdc',
    500: '#5ba4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4cd;
$custom-light: #92bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.579,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68755,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4CD

secondary

#D9BCAB

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4CD

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

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