#5BAAD5#5BAAD5

#5BAAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.100 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAAD5
RGB	rgb(91, 170, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -11.91, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 31.50, 247.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0582 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.1 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6948, 35.7749, 68.2255)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAAD5 #D5865B

analogous

#5BD5C3 #5BAAD5 #5B6DD5

triadic

#5BAAD5 #D55BAA #AAD55B

tetradic

#5BAAD5 #C35BD5 #D5865B #6DD55B

square

#5BAAD5 #C35BD5 #D5865B #6DD55B

split-complementary

#5BAAD5 #D55B6D #D5C35B

monochromatic

#256B91 #328FC1 #5BAAD5 #8CC3E1 #BCDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#5BAAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#5BAAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAAD5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAAD5	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 170, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.100 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3e2',
    500: '#5baad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baad5;
$custom-light: #93c3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAAD5

secondary

#DEBFAE

accent

#7D45E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAAD5

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

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