#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
RGB	rgb(91, 170, 212)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -12.21, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 31.16, 246.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0585 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.099 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5683, 35.7243, 67.5591)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##5BAAD4	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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