#5BAABC#5BAABC

#5BAABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.082 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAABC
RGB	rgb(91, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -19.27, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 25.50, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0676 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.082 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7627, 34.6020, 52.7830)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAABC #BC6D5B

analogous

#5BBC9E #5BAABC #5B7ABC

triadic

#5BAABC #BC5BAA #AABC5B

tetradic

#5BAABC #9E5BBC #BC6D5B #7ABC5B

square

#5BAABC #9E5BBC #BC6D5B #7ABC5B

split-complementary

#5BAABC #BC5B7A #BC9E5B

monochromatic

#2D636F #3F8A9B #5BAABC #86C1CE #B2D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5BAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#5BAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAABC

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAABC	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.082 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3d0',
    500: '#5baabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baabc;
$custom-light: #90c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.134,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAABC

secondary

#CEADA5

accent

#6D56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAABC

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

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