#5BA5EB#5BA5EB

#5BA5EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5EB
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -2.23, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 42.10, 266.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0458 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.127 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7594, 35.1295, 83.6354)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5EB #EBA15B

analogous

#5BEBE9 #5BA5EB #5B5DEB

triadic

#5BA5EB #EB5BA5 #A5EB5B

tetradic

#5BA5EB #E95BEB #EBA15B #5DEB5B

square

#5BA5EB #E95BEB #EBA15B #5DEB5B

split-complementary

#5BA5EB #EB5B5D #EBE95B

monochromatic

#1668B5 #2487E4 #5BA5EB #92C3F2 #C8E1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5BA5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#5BA5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5EB

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5EB	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bff1',
    500: '#5ba5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5eb;
$custom-light: #95bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.167,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5EB

secondary

#EAD0B8

accent

#700BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5EB

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

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