#5BA5CD#5BA5CD

#5BA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5CD
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -11.62, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 29.80, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0555 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.095 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7848, 33.5396, 62.7027)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5CD #CD835B

analogous

#5BCDBC #5BA5CD #5B6CCD

triadic

#5BA5CD #CD5BA5 #A5CD5B

tetradic

#5BA5CD #BC5BCD #CD835B #6CCD5B

square

#5BA5CD #BC5BCD #CD835B #6CCD5B

split-complementary

#5BA5CD #CD5B6C #CDBC5B

monochromatic

#296585 #3788B4 #5BA5CD #8ABFDB #B9D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#5BA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#5BA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5CD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5CD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfdc',
    500: '#5ba5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5cd;
$custom-light: #92bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68984,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5CD

secondary

#D9BBAB

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5CD

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

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