#5BA5E5#5BA5E5

#5BA5E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5E5
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -4.16, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 39.38, 263.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0476 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.12 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9072, 34.7886, 79.1469)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5E5 #E59B5B

analogous

#5BE5E0 #5BA5E5 #5B60E5

triadic

#5BA5E5 #E55BA5 #A5E55B

tetradic

#5BA5E5 #E05BE5 #E59B5B #60E55B

square

#5BA5E5 #E05BE5 #E59B5B #60E55B

split-complementary

#5BA5E5 #E55B60 #E5E05B

monochromatic

#1B68AB #2688DD #5BA5E5 #90C2ED #C5DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5BA5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#5BA5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5E5

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5E5	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfed',
    500: '#5ba5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5e5;
$custom-light: #94bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5E5

secondary

#E7CCB5

accent

#6C11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5E5

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

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