#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
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -3.52, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 41.87, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0491 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.127 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9293, 36.7699, 86.1816)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5BA9EE	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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