#5BA9E9#5BA9E9

#5BA9E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9E9
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -5.12, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 39.66, 262.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0506 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.122 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2049, 36.4801, 82.3665)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9E9 #E99B5B

analogous

#5BE9E2 #5BA9E9 #5B62E9

triadic

#5BA9E9 #E95BA9 #A9E95B

tetradic

#5BA9E9 #E25BE9 #E99B5B #62E95B

square

#5BA9E9 #E25BE9 #E99B5B #62E95B

split-complementary

#5BA9E9 #E95B62 #E9E25B

monochromatic

#186CB2 #258DE2 #5BA9E9 #91C5F0 #C7E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5BA9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#5BA9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9E9

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9E9	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c2f0',
    500: '#5ba9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9e9;
$custom-light: #95c2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.042,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71175,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9E9

secondary

#E9CDB7

accent

#690DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9E9

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

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