#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
RGBrgb(91, 165, 229)
HSLhsl(208, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(208, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.58, -4.16, -39.17)
CIE-LCHlch(65.58, 39.38, 263.94°)
OKLaboklab(70.09% -0.0476 -0.1102)
OKLCHoklch(70.09% 0.12 246.7)
XYZxyz(31.9072, 34.7886, 79.1469)
Luminance0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##5BA5E51.002.647.967.96
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9621.001.001.00
##0000007.9621.001.001.00

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

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#5BA5E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva