#5BA9DD#5BA9DD

#5BA9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9DD
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -8.90, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 34.68, 255.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0544 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.109 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5486, 35.8176, 73.6435)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9DD #DD8F5B

analogous

#5BDDD0 #5BA9DD #5B68DD

triadic

#5BA9DD #DD5BA9 #A9DD5B

tetradic

#5BA9DD #D05BDD #DD8F5B #68DD5B

square

#5BA9DD #D05BDD #DD8F5B #68DD5B

split-complementary

#5BA9DD #DD5B68 #DDD05B

monochromatic

#216B9D #2B8ED0 #5BA9DD #8EC4E8 #C0DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#5BA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#5BA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9DD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9DD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2e7',
    500: '#5ba9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9dd;
$custom-light: #94c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7061,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9DD

secondary

#E2C5B1

accent

#6118CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9DD

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

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