#5BACE3#5BACE3

#5BACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BACE3
RGBrgb(91, 172, 227)
HSLhsl(204, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(204, 60%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(59.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(67.48, -8.67, -35.11)
CIE-LCHlch(67.48, 36.17, 256.13°)
OKLaboklab(71.56% -0.0556 -0.0985)
OKLCHoklch(71.56% 0.113 240.5)
XYZxyz(32.9268, 37.2721, 78.1172)
Luminance0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BACE3 #E3925B
analogous
#5BE3D6 #5BACE3 #5B68E3
triadic
#5BACE3 #E35BAC #ACE35B
tetradic
#5BACE3 #D65BE3 #E3925B #68E35B
square
#5BACE3 #D65BE3 #E3925B #68E35B
split-complementary
#5BACE3 #E35B68 #E3D65B
monochromatic
#1D6FA7 #2792DA #5BACE3 #8FC6EC #C4E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48
#5BACE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46
#5BACE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACE3
8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BACE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BACE31.002.488.468.46
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4621.001.001.00
##0000008.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93ACE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819EE2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 240.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ec',
    500: '#5bace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bace3;
$custom-light: #94c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.265,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BACE3
secondary
#E6C8B4
accent
#6013D3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACE3

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#5BACE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva