#5BAAE6#5BAAE6

#5BAAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAAE6
RGB	rgb(91, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -6.62, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 38.02, 259.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0525 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.118 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9667, 36.6836, 80.1909)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAAE6 #E6975B

analogous

#5BE6DC #5BAAE6 #5B64E6

triadic

#5BAAE6 #E65BAA #AAE65B

tetradic

#5BAAE6 #DC5BE6 #E6975B #64E65B

square

#5BAAE6 #DC5BE6 #E6975B #64E65B

split-complementary

#5BAAE6 #E65B64 #E6DC5B

monochromatic

#1A6DAC #268EDE #5BAAE6 #90C6EE #C5E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5BAAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#5BAAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAAE6

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAAE6	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c3ee',
    500: '#5baae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baae6;
$custom-light: #95c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAAE6

secondary

#E7CBB5

accent

#6510D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAAE6

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

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