#5BA8EF#5BA8EF

#5BA8EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8EF
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -2.63, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 42.72, 266.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0478 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.129 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8913, 36.4581, 86.8957)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8EF #EFA25B

analogous

#5BEFEC #5BA8EF #5B5EEF

triadic

#5BA8EF #EF5BA8 #A8EF5B

tetradic

#5BA8EF #EC5BEF #EFA25B #5EEF5B

square

#5BA8EF #EC5BEF #EFA25B #5EEF5B

split-complementary

#5BA8EF #EF5B5E #EFEC5B

monochromatic

#126BBD #238AEA #5BA8EF #93C6F4 #CBE3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5BA8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#5BA8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8EF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8EF	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759CEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c1f4',
    500: '#5ba8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8ef;
$custom-light: #96c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.784,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71249,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8EF

secondary

#ECD2BA

accent

#6E07DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8EF

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

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