#5BABE5#5BABE5

#5BABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BABE5
RGB	rgb(91, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -7.49, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 37.28, 258.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0539 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.116 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0149, 37.0040, 79.5162)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BABE5 #E5955B

analogous

#5BE5DA #5BABE5 #5B66E5

triadic

#5BABE5 #E55BAB #ABE55B

tetradic

#5BABE5 #DA5BE5 #E5955B #66E55B

square

#5BABE5 #DA5BE5 #E5955B #66E55B

split-complementary

#5BABE5 #E55B66 #E5DA5B

monochromatic

#1B6EAB #2690DD #5BABE5 #90C6ED #C5E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#5BABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BABE5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BABE5	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5babe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c3ed',
    500: '#5babe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5babe5;
$custom-light: #95c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5babe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71431,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BABE5

secondary

#E7CAB5

accent

#6311D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BABE5

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

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