#5BABD8#5BABD8

#5BABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BABD8
RGB	rgb(91, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -11.53, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 32.32, 249.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0582 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.103 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2673, 36.3049, 70.3122)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BABD8 #D8885B

analogous

#5BD8C6 #5BABD8 #5B6CD8

triadic

#5BABD8 #D85BAB #ABD85B

tetradic

#5BABD8 #C65BD8 #D8885B #6CD85B

square

#5BABD8 #C65BD8 #D8885B #6CD85B

split-complementary

#5BABD8 #D85B6C #D8C65B

monochromatic

#236C95 #2F90C7 #5BABD8 #8CC4E4 #BEDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5BABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#5BABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BABD8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BABD8	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5babd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4e4',
    500: '#5babd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5babd8;
$custom-light: #93c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5babd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BABD8

secondary

#DFC1AF

accent

#5B1CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BABD8

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

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