#5BA5DE#5BA5DE

#5BA5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.112 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5DE
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -6.37, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 36.34, 259.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0497 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.112 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9495, 34.4055, 74.1030)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5DE #DE945B

analogous

#5BDED6 #5BA5DE #5B64DE

triadic

#5BA5DE #DE5BA5 #A5DE5B

tetradic

#5BA5DE #D65BDE #DE945B #64DE5B

square

#5BA5DE #D65BDE #DE945B #64DE5B

split-complementary

#5BA5DE #DE5B64 #DED65B

monochromatic

#20689F #2A89D2 #5BA5DE #8EC1E8 #C1DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#5BA5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#5BA5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5DE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5DE	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.112 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfe8',
    500: '#5ba5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5de;
$custom-light: #94bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.107,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5DE

secondary

#E3C7B2

accent

#6717CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5DE

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

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