#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
RGB	rgb(91, 166, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -4.72, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 39.01, 263.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0486 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.119 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0882, 35.1507, 79.2073)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##5BA6E5	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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