#5BA9EC#5BA9EC

#5BA9EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9EC
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -4.16, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 40.98, 264.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0497 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.125 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6371, 36.6530, 84.6427)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9EC #EC9E5B

analogous

#5BECE6 #5BA9EC #5B61EC

triadic

#5BA9EC #EC5BA9 #A9EC5B

tetradic

#5BA9EC #E65BEC #EC9E5B #61EC5B

square

#5BA9EC #E65BEC #EC9E5B #61EC5B

split-complementary

#5BA9EC #EC5B61 #ECE65B

monochromatic

#156CB7 #248CE6 #5BA9EC #92C6F2 #C9E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5BA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#5BA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9EC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9EC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c2f2',
    500: '#5ba9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9ec;
$custom-light: #95c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.724,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71321,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9EC

secondary

#EBCFB8

accent

#6B0ADC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9EC

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

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