#5BA8DD#5BA8DD

#5BA8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8DD
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -8.35, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 34.98, 256.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0533 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.109 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3633, 35.4470, 73.5817)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8DD #DD905B

analogous

#5BDDD1 #5BA8DD #5B67DD

triadic

#5BA8DD #DD5BA8 #A8DD5B

tetradic

#5BA8DD #D15BDD #DD905B #67DD5B

square

#5BA8DD #D15BDD #DD905B #67DD5B

split-complementary

#5BA8DD #DD5B67 #DDD15B

monochromatic

#216A9D #2B8DD0 #5BA8DD #8EC3E8 #C0DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5BA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#5BA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8DD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8DD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1e7',
    500: '#5ba8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8dd;
$custom-light: #94c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8DD

secondary

#E2C5B1

accent

#6218CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8DD

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

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