#5BACDE#5BACDE

#5BACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACDE
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -10.23, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 34.25, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0573 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.108 238)
XYZ	xyz(32.2468, 37.0001, 74.5354)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACDE #DE8D5B

analogous

#5BDECF #5BACDE #5B6BDE

triadic

#5BACDE #DE5BAC #ACDE5B

tetradic

#5BACDE #CF5BDE #DE8D5B #6BDE5B

square

#5BACDE #CF5BDE #DE8D5B #6BDE5B

split-complementary

#5BACDE #DE5B6B #DECF5B

monochromatic

#206E9F #2A92D2 #5BACDE #8EC6E8 #C1E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#5BACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACDE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACDE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bacde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4e8',
    500: '#5bacde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bacde;
$custom-light: #94c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bacde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71334,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.37003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACDE

secondary

#E3C5B2

accent

#5D17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACDE

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

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