#5BA8E9#5BA8E9

#5BA8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8E9
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -4.56, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 40.03, 263.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0495 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.122 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0196, 36.1095, 82.3047)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8E9 #E99C5B

analogous

#5BE9E3 #5BA8E9 #5B61E9

triadic

#5BA8E9 #E95BA8 #A8E95B

tetradic

#5BA8E9 #E35BE9 #E99C5B #61E95B

square

#5BA8E9 #E35BE9 #E99C5B #61E95B

split-complementary

#5BA8E9 #E95B61 #E9E35B

monochromatic

#186BB2 #258BE2 #5BA8E9 #91C5F0 #C7E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5BA8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#5BA8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8E9

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8E9	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f0',
    500: '#5ba8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8e9;
$custom-light: #95c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.465,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70953,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8E9

secondary

#E9CEB7

accent

#6A0DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8E9

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

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