#5BA5DD#5BA5DD

#5BA5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.111 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5DD
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -6.69, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 35.92, 259.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0501 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.111 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8158, 34.3520, 73.3992)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5DD #DD935B

analogous

#5BDDD4 #5BA5DD #5B64DD

triadic

#5BA5DD #DD5BA5 #A5DD5B

tetradic

#5BA5DD #D45BDD #DD935B #64DD5B

square

#5BA5DD #D45BDD #DD935B #64DD5B

split-complementary

#5BA5DD #DD5B64 #DDD45B

monochromatic

#21679D #2B89D0 #5BA5DD #8EC1E8 #C0DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#5BA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#5BA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5DD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5DD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.111 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfe7',
    500: '#5ba5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5dd;
$custom-light: #93bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69709,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5DD

secondary

#E2C7B1

accent

#6618CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5DD

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

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