#5BA6DD#5BA6DD

#5BA6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA6DD
RGB	rgb(91, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -7.24, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 35.60, 258.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0511 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.11 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9969, 34.7142, 73.4596)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA6DD #DD925B

analogous

#5BDDD3 #5BA6DD #5B65DD

triadic

#5BA6DD #DD5BA6 #A6DD5B

tetradic

#5BA6DD #D35BDD #DD925B #65DD5B

square

#5BA6DD #D35BDD #DD925B #65DD5B

split-complementary

#5BA6DD #DD5B65 #DDD35B

monochromatic

#21689D #2B8AD0 #5BA6DD #8EC2E8 #C0DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5BA6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#5BA6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA6DD

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA6DD	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c0e7',
    500: '#5ba6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba6dd;
$custom-light: #94c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69933,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA6DD

secondary

#E2C6B1

accent

#6518CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA6DD

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

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