#5BA5CE#5BA5CE

#5BA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5CE
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -11.32, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 30.14, 247.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0551 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.095 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9059, 33.5881, 63.3404)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5CE #CE845B

analogous

#5BCEBD #5BA5CE #5B6BCE

triadic

#5BA5CE #CE5BA5 #A5CE5B

tetradic

#5BA5CE #BD5BCE #CE845B #6BCE5B

square

#5BA5CE #BD5BCE #CE845B #6BCE5B

split-complementary

#5BA5CE #CE5B6B #CEBD5B

monochromatic

#286586 #3688B6 #5BA5CE #8ABFDC #B9D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#5BA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#5BA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5CE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5CE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfdd',
    500: '#5ba5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5ce;
$custom-light: #92bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5CE

secondary

#D9BCAB

accent

#7F4ADD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5CE

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

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