#5BA9DC#5BA9DC

#5BA9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9DC
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -9.21, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 34.29, 254.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0547 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.108 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4158, 35.7645, 72.9439)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9DC #DC8E5B

analogous

#5BDCCE #5BA9DC #5B68DC

triadic

#5BA9DC #DC5BA9 #A9DC5B

tetradic

#5BA9DC #CE5BDC #DC8E5B #68DC5B

square

#5BA9DC #CE5BDC #DC8E5B #68DC5B

split-complementary

#5BA9DC #DC5B68 #DCCE5B

monochromatic

#216B9B #2C8ECE #5BA9DC #8DC3E7 #C0DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#5BA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#5BA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9DC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9DC	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2e7',
    500: '#5ba9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9dc;
$custom-light: #93c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70564,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9DC

secondary

#E2C4B1

accent

#6019CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9DC

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

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