#5BA5ED#5BA5ED

#5BA5ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.130 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5ED
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(210, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -1.59, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 43.03, 267.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0452 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.13 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0500, 35.2457, 85.1657)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5ED #EDA35B

analogous

#5BEDEC #5BA5ED #5B5CED

triadic

#5BA5ED #ED5BA5 #A5ED5B

tetradic

#5BA5ED #EC5BED #EDA35B #5CED5B

square

#5BA5ED #EC5BED #EDA35B #5CED5B

split-complementary

#5BA5ED #ED5B5C #EDEC5B

monochromatic

#1468B9 #2487E7 #5BA5ED #92C3F3 #C9E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5BA5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#5BA5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5ED

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5ED	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.130 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bff3',
    500: '#5ba5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5ed;
$custom-light: #95bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.589,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5ED

secondary

#EBD2B9

accent

#7109DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5ED

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

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