#5BA4E6#5BA4E6

#5BA4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4E6
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -3.27, -40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 40.22, 265.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0462 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.122 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8675, 34.4852, 79.8245)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4E6 #E69D5B

analogous

#5BE6E2 #5BA4E6 #5B5EE6

triadic

#5BA4E6 #E65BA4 #A4E65B

tetradic

#5BA4E6 #E25BE6 #E69D5B #5EE65B

square

#5BA4E6 #E25BE6 #E69D5B #5EE65B

split-complementary

#5BA4E6 #E65B5E #E6E25B

monochromatic

#1A67AC #2687DE #5BA4E6 #90C1EE #C5DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#5BA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#5BA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4E6

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4E6	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95beee',
    500: '#5ba4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4e6;
$custom-light: #95beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.489,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4E6

secondary

#E7CDB5

accent

#6E10D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4E6

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

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