#5BA9EE#5BA9EE

#5BA9EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BA9EE
RGBrgb(91, 169, 238)
HSLhsl(208, 81%, 65%)
HSVhsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.10, -3.52, -41.72)
CIE-LCHlch(67.10, 41.87, 265.18°)
OKLaboklab(71.42% -0.0491 -0.1176)
OKLCHoklch(71.42% 0.127 247.4)
XYZxyz(33.9293, 36.7699, 86.1816)
Luminance0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BA9EE #EEA05B
analogous
#5BEEE9 #5BA9EE #5B60EE
triadic
#5BA9EE #EE5BA9 #A9EE5B
tetradic
#5BA9EE #E95BEE #EEA05B #60EE5B
square
#5BA9EE #E95BEE #EEA05B #60EE5B
split-complementary
#5BA9EE #EE5B60 #EEE95B
monochromatic
#136CBB #248CE8 #5BA9EE #92C6F4 #CAE3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#5BA9EE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#5BA9EE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9EE
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BA9EE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BA9EE1.002.518.358.35
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BABF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#779DED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ba9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 247.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c2f4',
    500: '#5ba9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ba9ee;
$custom-light: #96c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ba9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BA9EE
secondary
#ECD1B9
accent
#6C08DE
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9EE

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#5BA9EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva