#5BA6E9#5BA6E9

#5BA6E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA6E9
RGB	rgb(91, 166, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -3.44, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 40.79, 265.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0474 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.124 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6532, 35.3767, 82.1826)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA6E9 #E99E5B

analogous

#5BE9E5 #5BA6E9 #5B5FE9

triadic

#5BA6E9 #E95BA6 #A6E95B

tetradic

#5BA6E9 #E55BE9 #E99E5B #5FE95B

square

#5BA6E9 #E55BE9 #E99E5B #5FE95B

split-complementary

#5BA6E9 #E95B5F #E9E55B

monochromatic

#1869B2 #2589E2 #5BA6E9 #91C3F0 #C7E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5BA6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#5BA6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA6E9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA6E9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c0f0',
    500: '#5ba6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba6e9;
$custom-light: #95c0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.31,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7051,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA6E9

secondary

#E9CEB7

accent

#6D0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA6E9

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

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