#5BA8E7#5BA8E7

#5BA8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8E7
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -5.20, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 39.15, 262.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0501 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.12 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7355, 35.9958, 80.8086)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8E7 #E79A5B

analogous

#5BE7E0 #5BA8E7 #5B62E7

triadic

#5BA8E7 #E75BA8 #A8E75B

tetradic

#5BA8E7 #E05BE7 #E79A5B #62E75B

square

#5BA8E7 #E05BE7 #E79A5B #62E75B

split-complementary

#5BA8E7 #E75B62 #E7E05B

monochromatic

#196BAE #268CDF #5BA8E7 #90C4EF #C6E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#5BA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#5BA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8E7

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8E7	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1ef',
    500: '#5ba8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8e7;
$custom-light: #95c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8E7

secondary

#E8CCB6

accent

#690FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8E7

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

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