#5BA5CB#5BA5CB

#5BA5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5CB
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -12.23, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 29.13, 245.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0562 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.093 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5450, 33.4437, 61.4393)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5CB #CB815B

analogous

#5BCBB9 #5BA5CB #5B6DCB

triadic

#5BA5CB #CB5BA5 #A5CB5B

tetradic

#5BA5CB #B95BCB #CB815B #6DCB5B

square

#5BA5CB #B95BCB #CB815B #6DCB5B

split-complementary

#5BA5CB #CB5B6D #CBB95B

monochromatic

#296482 #3888B1 #5BA5CB #89BFDA #B8D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#5BA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#5BA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5CB

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5CB	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfdb',
    500: '#5ba5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5cb;
$custom-light: #92bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.357,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68898,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5CB

secondary

#D7BAAA

accent

#7D4CDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5CB

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

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