#5BABCD#5BABCD

#5BABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.093 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BABCD
RGB	rgb(91, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -14.86, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 28.88, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0622 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.093 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8925, 35.7550, 63.0719)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BABCD #CD7D5B

analogous

#5BCDB6 #5BABCD #5B72CD

triadic

#5BABCD #CD5BAB #ABCD5B

tetradic

#5BABCD #B65BCD #CD7D5B #72CD5B

square

#5BABCD #B65BCD #CD7D5B #72CD5B

split-complementary

#5BABCD #CD5B72 #CDB65B

monochromatic

#296985 #378FB4 #5BABCD #8AC3DB #B9DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#5BABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#5BABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BABCD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BABCD	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)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5babcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.093 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4dc',
    500: '#5babcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5babcd;
$custom-light: #92c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5babcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BABCD

secondary

#D9B9AB

accent

#774BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BABCD

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

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