#5BA8CE#5BA8CE

#5BA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.094 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8CE
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -12.95, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 29.58, 244.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0585 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.094 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4534, 34.6830, 63.5229)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8CE #CE815B

analogous

#5BCEBA #5BA8CE #5B6ECE

triadic

#5BA8CE #CE5BA8 #A8CE5B

tetradic

#5BA8CE #BA5BCE #CE815B #6ECE5B

square

#5BA8CE #BA5BCE #CE815B #6ECE5B

split-complementary

#5BA8CE #CE5B6E #CEBA5B

monochromatic

#286786 #368BB6 #5BA8CE #8AC1DC #B9DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5BA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#5BA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8CE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8CE	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.094 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1dd',
    500: '#5ba8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8ce;
$custom-light: #92c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8CE

secondary

#D9BBAB

accent

#7B4ADD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8CE

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

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