#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
RGBrgb(91, 168, 233)
HSLhsl(207, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.60, -4.56, -39.77)
CIE-LCHlch(66.60, 40.03, 263.46°)
OKLaboklab(70.95% -0.0495 -0.112)
OKLCHoklch(70.95% 0.122 246.1)
XYZxyz(33.0196, 36.1095, 82.3047)
Luminance0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##5BA8E91.002.558.228.22
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2221.001.001.00
##0000008.2221.001.001.00

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

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#5BA8E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva