#5BAACC#5BAACC

#5BAACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.092 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAACC
RGB	rgb(91, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -14.62, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 28.72, 239.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0614 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.092 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5840, 35.3306, 62.3755)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAACC #CC7D5B

analogous

#5BCCB5 #5BAACC #5B71CC

triadic

#5BAACC #CC5BAA #AACC5B

tetradic

#5BAACC #B55BCC #CC7D5B #71CC5B

square

#5BAACC #B55BCC #CC7D5B #71CC5B

split-complementary

#5BAACC #CC5B71 #CCB55B

monochromatic

#296884 #378DB2 #5BAACC #8AC2DB #B8DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5BAACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#5BAACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAACC

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAACC	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.092 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3db',
    500: '#5baacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baacc;
$custom-light: #92c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAACC

secondary

#D8B8AB

accent

#774CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAACC

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

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