#5BA8BB#5BA8BB

#5BA8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.081 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8BB
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -18.51, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 25.19, 222.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0657 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.081 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2832, 33.8149, 52.0932)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8BB #BB6E5B

analogous

#5BBB9E #5BA8BB #5B78BB

triadic

#5BA8BB #BB5BA8 #A8BB5B

tetradic

#5BA8BB #9E5BBB #BB6E5B #78BB5B

square

#5BA8BB #9E5BBB #BB6E5B #78BB5B

split-complementary

#5BA8BB #BB5B78 #BB9E5B

monochromatic

#2E616E #408899 #5BA8BB #86BFCD #B2D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#5BA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#5BA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8BB

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8BB	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DAFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.081 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2cf',
    500: '#5ba8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8bb;
$custom-light: #90c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.875,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68943,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8BB

secondary

#CDADA5

accent

#6F57D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8BB

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

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