#5BACD5#5BACD5

#5BACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACD5
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -12.99, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 31.12, 245.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0604 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.099 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0726, 36.5304, 68.3515)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACD5 #D5845B

analogous

#5BD5C1 #5BACD5 #5B6FD5

triadic

#5BACD5 #D55BAC #ACD55B

tetradic

#5BACD5 #C15BD5 #D5845B #6FD55B

square

#5BACD5 #C15BD5 #D5845B #6FD55B

split-complementary

#5BACD5 #D55B6F #D5C15B

monochromatic

#256C91 #3291C1 #5BACD5 #8CC5E1 #BCDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5BACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#5BACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACD5

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACD5	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bacd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4e2',
    500: '#5bacd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bacd5;
$custom-light: #93c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bacd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.164,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACD5

secondary

#DEBEAE

accent

#7A45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACD5

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

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