#5BA8EB#5BA8EB

#5BA8EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8EB
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -3.92, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 40.91, 264.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0489 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.125 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3069, 36.2244, 83.8179)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8EB #EB9E5B

analogous

#5BEBE6 #5BA8EB #5B60EB

triadic

#5BA8EB #EB5BA8 #A8EB5B

tetradic

#5BA8EB #E65BEB #EB9E5B #60EB5B

square

#5BA8EB #E65BEB #EB9E5B #60EB5B

split-complementary

#5BA8EB #EB5B60 #EBE65B

monochromatic

#166BB5 #248BE4 #5BA8EB #92C5F2 #C8E2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5BA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#5BA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8EB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8EB	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f1',
    500: '#5ba8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8eb;
$custom-light: #95c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.917,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71051,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8EB

secondary

#EACFB8

accent

#6C0BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8EB

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

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