#5BABE6#5BABE6

#5BABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BABE6
RGB	rgb(91, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -7.18, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 37.69, 259.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0536 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.117 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1549, 37.0600, 80.2536)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BABE6 #E6965B

analogous

#5BE6DC #5BABE6 #5B65E6

triadic

#5BABE6 #E65BAB #ABE65B

tetradic

#5BABE6 #DC5BE6 #E6965B #65E65B

square

#5BABE6 #DC5BE6 #E6965B #65E65B

split-complementary

#5BABE6 #E65B65 #E6DC5B

monochromatic

#1A6EAC #2690DE #5BABE6 #90C6EE #C5E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5BABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BABE6

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BABE6	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5babe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c3ee',
    500: '#5babe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5babe6;
$custom-light: #95c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5babe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.468,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BABE6

secondary

#E7CBB5

accent

#6410D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BABE6

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

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