#5BA8BE#5BA8BE

#5BA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.083 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8BE
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -17.66, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 25.65, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0645 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.083 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6077, 33.9447, 53.8023)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8BE #BE715B

analogous

#5BBEA2 #5BA8BE #5B77BE

triadic

#5BA8BE #BE5BA8 #A8BE5B

tetradic

#5BA8BE #A25BBE #BE715B #77BE5B

square

#5BA8BE #A25BBE #BE715B #77BE5B

split-complementary

#5BA8BE #BE5B77 #BEA25B

monochromatic

#2D6272 #3E889D #5BA8BE #87BFCF #B3D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#5BA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#5BA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8BE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8BE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.083 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d1',
    500: '#5ba8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8be;
$custom-light: #90c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69059,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8BE

secondary

#CFAFA6

accent

#7155D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8BE

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

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