#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
RGBrgb(91, 165, 233)
HSLhsl(209, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(209, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.76, -2.88, -41.09)
CIE-LCHlch(65.76, 41.19, 266.00°)
OKLaboklab(70.29% -0.0464 -0.1158)
OKLCHoklch(70.29% 0.125 248.2)
XYZxyz(32.4721, 35.0145, 82.1222)
Luminance0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##5BA5E91.002.628.008.00
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0021.001.001.00
##0000008.0021.001.001.00

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

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#5BA5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva