#5BA6E5#5BA6E5

#5BA6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BA6E5
RGBrgb(91, 166, 229)
HSLhsl(207, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(207, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.87, -4.72, -38.72)
CIE-LCHlch(65.87, 39.01, 263.06°)
OKLaboklab(70.31% -0.0486 -0.109)
OKLCHoklch(70.31% 0.119 245.9)
XYZxyz(32.0882, 35.1507, 79.2073)
Luminance0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BA6E5 #E59A5B
analogous
#5BE5DF #5BA6E5 #5B61E5
triadic
#5BA6E5 #E55BA6 #A6E55B
tetradic
#5BA6E5 #DF5BE5 #E59A5B #61E55B
square
#5BA6E5 #DF5BE5 #E59A5B #61E55B
split-complementary
#5BA6E5 #E55B61 #E5DF5B
monochromatic
#1B69AB #2689DD #5BA6E5 #90C3ED #C5DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#5BA6E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03
#5BA6E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA6E5
8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BA6E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BA6E51.002.618.038.03
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0321.001.001.00
##0000008.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA8E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#789AE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ba6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 166, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 245.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c0ed',
    500: '#5ba6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ba6e5;
$custom-light: #94c0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ba6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.391,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BA6E5
secondary
#E7CCB5
accent
#6A11D5
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA6E5

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#5BA6E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva