#5BA9DE#5BA9DE

#5BA9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9DE
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -8.58, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 35.08, 255.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.054 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.11 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6822, 35.8710, 74.3473)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9DE #DE905B

analogous

#5BDED2 #5BA9DE #5B68DE

triadic

#5BA9DE #DE5BA9 #A9DE5B

tetradic

#5BA9DE #D25BDE #DE905B #68DE5B

square

#5BA9DE #D25BDE #DE905B #68DE5B

split-complementary

#5BA9DE #DE5B68 #DED25B

monochromatic

#206B9F #2A8ED2 #5BA9DE #8EC4E8 #C1DEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#5BA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#5BA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9DE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9DE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2e8',
    500: '#5ba9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9de;
$custom-light: #94c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.275,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70656,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9DE

secondary

#E3C6B2

accent

#6117CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9DE

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

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