#5BA9CD#5BA9CD

#5BA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.093 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9CD
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -13.78, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 29.13, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0599 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.093 230)
XYZ	xyz(29.5176, 35.0052, 62.9469)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9CD #CD7F5B

analogous

#5BCDB8 #5BA9CD #5B70CD

triadic

#5BA9CD #CD5BA9 #A9CD5B

tetradic

#5BA9CD #B85BCD #CD7F5B #70CD5B

square

#5BA9CD #B85BCD #CD7F5B #70CD5B

split-complementary

#5BA9CD #CD5B70 #CDB85B

monochromatic

#296885 #378CB4 #5BA9CD #8AC2DB #B9DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5BA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#5BA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9CD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9CD	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.093 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2dc',
    500: '#5ba9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9cd;
$custom-light: #92c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.35008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9CD

secondary

#D9BAAB

accent

#794BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9CD

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

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