#5BA6DC#5BA6DC

#5BA6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.109 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA6DC
RGB	rgb(91, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -7.55, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 35.18, 257.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0515 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.109 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8641, 34.6610, 72.7600)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA6DC #DC915B

analogous

#5BDCD1 #5BA6DC #5B65DC

triadic

#5BA6DC #DC5BA6 #A6DC5B

tetradic

#5BA6DC #D15BDC #DC915B #65DC5B

square

#5BA6DC #D15BDC #DC915B #65DC5B

split-complementary

#5BA6DC #DC5B65 #DCD15B

monochromatic

#21689B #2C8ACE #5BA6DC #8DC1E7 #C0DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5BA6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#5BA6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA6DC

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA6DC	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.109 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0e7',
    500: '#5ba6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba6dc;
$custom-light: #93c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69887,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA6DC

secondary

#E2C5B1

accent

#6419CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA6DC

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

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