#5BA8BF#5BA8BF

#5BA8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.083 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8BF
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -17.37, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 25.82, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0641 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.083 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7174, 33.9886, 54.3799)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8BF #BF725B

analogous

#5BBFA4 #5BA8BF #5B76BF

triadic

#5BA8BF #BF5BA8 #A8BF5B

tetradic

#5BA8BF #A45BBF #BF725B #76BF5B

square

#5BA8BF #A45BBF #BF725B #76BF5B

split-complementary

#5BA8BF #BF5B76 #BFA45B

monochromatic

#2D6373 #3E899F #5BA8BF #87BFD0 #B3D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#5BA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#5BA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8BF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8BF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.083 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2d2',
    500: '#5ba8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8bf;
$custom-light: #91c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69099,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8BF

secondary

#D0B0A6

accent

#7254D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8BF

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

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