#5BA5DC#5BA5DC

#5BA5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.110 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5DC
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -7.00, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 35.50, 258.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0504 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.11 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6830, 34.2989, 72.6997)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5DC #DC925B

analogous

#5BDCD2 #5BA5DC #5B64DC

triadic

#5BA5DC #DC5BA5 #A5DC5B

tetradic

#5BA5DC #D25BDC #DC925B #64DC5B

square

#5BA5DC #D25BDC #DC925B #64DC5B

split-complementary

#5BA5DC #DC5B64 #DCD25B

monochromatic

#21679B #2C89CE #5BA5DC #8DC1E7 #C0DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#5BA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#5BA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5DC

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5DC	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.110 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfe7',
    500: '#5ba5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5dc;
$custom-light: #93bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69662,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5DC

secondary

#E2C6B1

accent

#6619CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5DC

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

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