#5BACE4#5BACE4

#5BACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACE4
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -8.36, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 36.56, 256.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0553 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.114 241)
XYZ	xyz(33.0653, 37.3275, 78.8461)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACE4 #E4935B

analogous

#5BE4D8 #5BACE4 #5B67E4

triadic

#5BACE4 #E45BAC #ACE45B

tetradic

#5BACE4 #D85BE4 #E4935B #67E45B

square

#5BACE4 #D85BE4 #E4935B #67E45B

split-complementary

#5BACE4 #E45B67 #E4D85B

monochromatic

#1C6FA9 #2691DB #5BACE4 #90C7ED #C4E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#5BACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACE4

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACE4	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c4ec',
    500: '#5bace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bace4;
$custom-light: #95c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.37331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACE4

secondary

#E6C9B4

accent

#6112D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACE4

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

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