#5BACDF#5BACDF

#5BACDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACDF
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -9.92, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 34.62, 253.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0569 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.109 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3812, 37.0539, 75.2434)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACDF #DF8E5B

analogous

#5BDFD0 #5BACDF #5B6ADF

triadic

#5BACDF #DF5BAC #ACDF5B

tetradic

#5BACDF #D05BDF #DF8E5B #6ADF5B

square

#5BACDF #D05BDF #DF8E5B #6ADF5B

split-complementary

#5BACDF #DF5B6A #DFD05B

monochromatic

#1F6EA0 #2992D4 #5BACDF #8EC6E9 #C1E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BACDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5BACDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACDF

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACDF	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bacdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4e9',
    500: '#5bacdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bacdf;
$custom-light: #94c4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bacdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71379,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACDF

secondary

#E3C5B2

accent

#5E16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACDF

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

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