#5BA5E3#5BA5E3

#5BA5E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.118 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5E3
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 27.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -4.79, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 38.50, 262.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0482 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.118 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6295, 34.6775, 77.6847)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5E3 #E3995B

analogous

#5BE3DD #5BA5E3 #5B61E3

triadic

#5BA5E3 #E35BA5 #A5E35B

tetradic

#5BA5E3 #DD5BE3 #E3995B #61E35B

square

#5BA5E3 #DD5BE3 #E3995B #61E35B

split-complementary

#5BA5E3 #E35B61 #E3DD5B

monochromatic

#1D68A7 #2788DA #5BA5E3 #8FC2EC #C4DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5BA5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#5BA5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5E3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5E3	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7899E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.118 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfec',
    500: '#5ba5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5e3;
$custom-light: #94bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69995,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5E3

secondary

#E6CBB4

accent

#6A13D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5E3

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

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