#5BA5E9#5BA5E9

#5BA5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5E9
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -2.88, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 41.19, 266.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0464 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.125 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4721, 35.0145, 82.1222)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5E9 #E99F5B

analogous

#5BE9E6 #5BA5E9 #5B5EE9

triadic

#5BA5E9 #E95BA5 #A5E95B

tetradic

#5BA5E9 #E65BE9 #E99F5B #5EE95B

square

#5BA5E9 #E65BE9 #E99F5B #5EE95B

split-complementary

#5BA5E9 #E95B5E #E9E65B

monochromatic

#1868B2 #2587E2 #5BA5E9 #91C3F0 #C7E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5BA5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#5BA5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5E9

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5E9	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bff0',
    500: '#5ba5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5e9;
$custom-light: #95bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.732,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70289,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5E9

secondary

#E9CFB7

accent

#6E0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5E9

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

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