#5BACE7#5BACE7

#5BACE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACE7
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -7.41, -37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 37.78, 258.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0543 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.117 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4853, 37.4955, 81.0585)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACE7 #E7965B

analogous

#5BE7DC #5BACE7 #5B66E7

triadic

#5BACE7 #E75BAC #ACE75B

tetradic

#5BACE7 #DC5BE7 #E7965B #66E75B

square

#5BACE7 #DC5BE7 #E7965B #66E75B

split-complementary

#5BACE7 #E75B66 #E7DC5B

monochromatic

#196FAE #2691DF #5BACE7 #90C7EF #C6E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#5BACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACE7

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACE7	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c4ef',
    500: '#5bace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bace7;
$custom-light: #95c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACE7

secondary

#E8CBB6

accent

#630FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACE7

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

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