#5BA5CC#5BA5CC

#5BA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.094 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5CC
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -11.92, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 29.46, 246.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0558 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.094 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6645, 33.4915, 62.0690)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5CC #CC825B

analogous

#5BCCBA #5BA5CC #5B6CCC

triadic

#5BA5CC #CC5BA5 #A5CC5B

tetradic

#5BA5CC #BA5BCC #CC825B #6CCC5B

square

#5BA5CC #BA5BCC #CC825B #6CCC5B

split-complementary

#5BA5CC #CC5B6C #CCBA5B

monochromatic

#296484 #3788B2 #5BA5CC #8ABFDB #B8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#5BA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#5BA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5CC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5CC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.094 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfdb',
    500: '#5ba5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5cc;
$custom-light: #92bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.708,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68941,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5CC

secondary

#D8BAAB

accent

#7E4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5CC

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

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