#5BACD8#5BACD8

#5BACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.102 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACD8
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -12.07, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 32.11, 247.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0593 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.102 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4569, 36.6841, 70.3754)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACD8 #D8875B

analogous

#5BD8C5 #5BACD8 #5B6DD8

triadic

#5BACD8 #D85BAC #ACD85B

tetradic

#5BACD8 #C55BD8 #D8875B #6DD85B

square

#5BACD8 #C55BD8 #D8875B #6DD85B

split-complementary

#5BACD8 #D85B6D #D8C55B

monochromatic

#236D95 #2F91C7 #5BACD8 #8CC5E4 #BEDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5BACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#5BACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACD8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACD8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bacd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.102 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4e4',
    500: '#5bacd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bacd8;
$custom-light: #93c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bacd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.12,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71067,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACD8

secondary

#DFC0AF

accent

#591CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACD8

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

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