#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
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -8.67, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 36.17, 256.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0556 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.113 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9268, 37.2721, 78.1172)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5BACE3	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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