#5BACE0#5BACE0

#5BACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACE0
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -9.60, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 35.00, 254.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0566 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.11 239)
XYZ	xyz(32.5164, 37.1079, 75.9555)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACE0 #E08F5B

analogous

#5BE0D2 #5BACE0 #5B6AE0

triadic

#5BACE0 #E05BAC #ACE05B

tetradic

#5BACE0 #D25BE0 #E08F5B #6AE05B

square

#5BACE0 #D25BE0 #E08F5B #6AE05B

split-complementary

#5BACE0 #E05B6A #E0D25B

monochromatic

#1F6FA2 #2892D5 #5BACE0 #8EC6EA #C2E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5BACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#5BACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACE0

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACE0	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ea',
    500: '#5bace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bace0;
$custom-light: #94c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.459,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71425,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACE0

secondary

#E4C6B3

accent

#5E15D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACE0

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

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