#5BA4DC#5BA4DC

#5BA4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4DC
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -6.44, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 35.83, 259.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0493 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.111 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5033, 33.9396, 72.6398)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4DC #DC935B

analogous

#5BDCD4 #5BA4DC #5B63DC

triadic

#5BA4DC #DC5BA4 #A4DC5B

tetradic

#5BA4DC #D45BDC #DC935B #63DC5B

square

#5BA4DC #D45BDC #DC935B #63DC5B

split-complementary

#5BA4DC #DC5B63 #DCD45B

monochromatic

#21669B #2C88CE #5BA4DC #8DC0E7 #C0DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#5BA4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#5BA4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4DC

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4DC	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bee7',
    500: '#5ba4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4dc;
$custom-light: #93bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.047,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69437,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4DC

secondary

#E2C6B1

accent

#6719CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4DC

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

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