#5BA8CD#5BA8CD

#5BA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.094 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8CD
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -13.25, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 29.27, 243.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0588 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.094 231)
XYZ	xyz(29.3323, 34.6346, 62.8851)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8CD #CD805B

analogous

#5BCDB9 #5BA8CD #5B6FCD

triadic

#5BA8CD #CD5BA8 #A8CD5B

tetradic

#5BA8CD #B95BCD #CD805B #6FCD5B

square

#5BA8CD #B95BCD #CD805B #6FCD5B

split-complementary

#5BA8CD #CD5B6F #CDB95B

monochromatic

#296785 #378BB4 #5BA8CD #8AC1DB #B9DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5BA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#5BA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8CD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8CD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.094 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1dc',
    500: '#5ba8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8cd;
$custom-light: #92c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.34637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8CD

secondary

#D9BAAB

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8CD

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

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