#5BA8DC#5BA8DC

#5BA8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8DC
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -8.66, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 34.58, 255.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0536 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.108 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2305, 35.3938, 72.8821)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8DC #DC8F5B

analogous

#5BDCCF #5BA8DC #5B67DC

triadic

#5BA8DC #DC5BA8 #A8DC5B

tetradic

#5BA8DC #CF5BDC #DC8F5B #67DC5B

square

#5BA8DC #CF5BDC #DC8F5B #67DC5B

split-complementary

#5BA8DC #DC5B67 #DCCF5B

monochromatic

#216A9B #2C8DCE #5BA8DC #8DC3E7 #C0DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5BA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#5BA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8DC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8DC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e7',
    500: '#5ba8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8dc;
$custom-light: #93c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.186,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70338,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8DC

secondary

#E2C5B1

accent

#6119CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8DC

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

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