#5BA5EE#5BA5EE

#5BA5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA5EE
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -1.27, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 43.49, 268.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.045 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.131 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1965, 35.3043, 85.9373)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA5EE #EEA45B

analogous

#5BEEED #5BA5EE #5B5CEE

triadic

#5BA5EE #EE5BA5 #A5EE5B

tetradic

#5BA5EE #ED5BEE #EEA45B #5CEE5B

square

#5BA5EE #ED5BEE #EEA45B #5CEE5B

split-complementary

#5BA5EE #EE5B5C #EEED5B

monochromatic

#1368BB #2487E8 #5BA5EE #92C3F4 #CAE2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5BA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#5BA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA5EE

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA5EE	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bff4',
    500: '#5ba5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba5ee;
$custom-light: #96bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.796,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70539,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA5EE

secondary

#ECD2B9

accent

#7208DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA5EE

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

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