#5BACE5#5BACE5

#5BACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACE5
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -8.04, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 36.96, 257.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.055 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.115 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2045, 37.3832, 79.5794)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACE5 #E5945B

analogous

#5BE5D9 #5BACE5 #5B67E5

triadic

#5BACE5 #E55BAC #ACE55B

tetradic

#5BACE5 #D95BE5 #E5945B #67E55B

square

#5BACE5 #D95BE5 #E5945B #67E55B

split-complementary

#5BACE5 #E55B67 #E5D95B

monochromatic

#1B6FAB #2691DD #5BACE5 #90C7ED #C5E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#5BACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACE5

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACE5	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c4ed',
    500: '#5bace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bace5;
$custom-light: #95c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71655,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACE5

secondary

#E7CAB5

accent

#6211D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACE5

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

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