#5BA9F0#5BA9F0

#5BA9F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9F0
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 240)
HSL	hsl(209, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -2.87, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 42.77, 266.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0485 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.13 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2247, 36.8880, 87.7376)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9F0 #F0A25B

analogous

#5BF0ED #5BA9F0 #5B5EF0

triadic

#5BA9F0 #F05BA9 #A9F05B

tetradic

#5BA9F0 #ED5BF0 #F0A25B #5EF05B

square

#5BA9F0 #ED5BF0 #F0A25B #5EF05B

split-complementary

#5BA9F0 #F05B5E #F0ED5B

monochromatic

#116CBF #238CEB #5BA9F0 #93C6F5 #CBE4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5BA9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#5BA9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9F0

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9F0	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AACF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769DEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c2f5',
    500: '#5ba9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9f0;
$custom-light: #96c2f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.591,
    "s": 83.24,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71519,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9F0

secondary

#EDD2BA

accent

#6E06E0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9F0

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

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