#5BACD7#5BACD7

#5BACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACD7
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -12.38, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 31.77, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0597 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.101 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3280, 36.6326, 69.6966)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACD7 #D7865B

analogous

#5BD7C4 #5BACD7 #5B6ED7

triadic

#5BACD7 #D75BAC #ACD75B

tetradic

#5BACD7 #C45BD7 #D7865B #6ED75B

square

#5BACD7 #C45BD7 #D7865B #6ED75B

split-complementary

#5BACD7 #D75B6E #D7C45B

monochromatic

#246D94 #3091C5 #5BACD7 #8CC5E3 #BDDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5BACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#5BACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACD7

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACD7	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bacd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4e3',
    500: '#5bacd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bacd7;
$custom-light: #93c4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bacd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71023,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACD7

secondary

#DFC0AF

accent

#7B44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACD7

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

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