#5BA8D8#5BA8D8

#5BA8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8D8
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -9.90, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 33.04, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.055 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.104 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7070, 35.1845, 70.1255)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8D8 #D88B5B

analogous

#5BD8C9 #5BA8D8 #5B69D8

triadic

#5BA8D8 #D85BA8 #A8D85B

tetradic

#5BA8D8 #C95BD8 #D88B5B #69D85B

square

#5BA8D8 #C95BD8 #D88B5B #69D85B

split-complementary

#5BA8D8 #D85B69 #D8C95B

monochromatic

#236995 #2F8CC7 #5BA8D8 #8CC2E4 #BEDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5BA8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#5BA8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8D8

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8D8	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e4',
    500: '#5ba8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8d8;
$custom-light: #93c1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.04,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70156,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8D8

secondary

#DFC2AF

accent

#5F1CC9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8D8

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

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