#5BAAD4#5BAAD4

#5BAAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BAAD4
RGBrgb(91, 170, 212)
HSLhsl(201, 58%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 57%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(57.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.31, -12.21, -28.67)
CIE-LCHlch(66.31, 31.16, 246.93°)
OKLaboklab(70.44% -0.0585 -0.08)
OKLCHoklch(70.44% 0.099 233.8)
XYZxyz(30.5683, 35.7243, 67.5591)
Luminance0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BAAD4 #D4855B
analogous
#5BD4C1 #5BAAD4 #5B6ED4
triadic
#5BAAD4 #D45BAA #AAD45B
tetradic
#5BAAD4 #C15BD4 #D4855B #6ED45B
square
#5BAAD4 #C15BD4 #D4855B #6ED45B
split-complementary
#5BAAD4 #D45B6E #D4C15B
monochromatic
#266A8F #328FC0 #5BAAD4 #8BC3E1 #BCDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#5BAAD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15
#5BAAD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAAD4
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BAAD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BAAD41.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96A8D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#859CD3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5baad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 170, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3e1',
    500: '#5baad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5baad4;
$custom-light: #93c3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5baad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.826,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70435,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BAAD4
secondary
#DDBEAE
accent
#7C46E2
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F7FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0E1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAAD4

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#5BAAD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva