#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
RGBrgb(91, 172, 216)
HSLhsl(201, 62%, 60%)
HSVhsv(201, 58%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(57.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.04, -12.07, -29.75)
CIE-LCHlch(67.04, 32.11, 247.91°)
OKLaboklab(71.07% -0.0593 -0.0831)
OKLCHoklch(71.07% 0.102 234.5)
XYZxyz(31.4569, 36.6841, 70.3754)
Luminance0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##5BACD81.002.528.348.34
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3421.001.001.00
##0000008.3421.001.001.00

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

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#5BACD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva