#5BACE8#5BACE8

#5BACE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BACE8
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -7.10, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 38.19, 259.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.054 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.118 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6270, 37.5522, 81.8044)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BACE8 #E8975B

analogous

#5BE8DD #5BACE8 #5B65E8

triadic

#5BACE8 #E85BAC #ACE85B

tetradic

#5BACE8 #DD5BE8 #E8975B #65E85B

square

#5BACE8 #DD5BE8 #E8975B #65E85B

split-complementary

#5BACE8 #E85B65 #E8DD5B

monochromatic

#1970B0 #2591E0 #5BACE8 #91C7F0 #C6E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#5BACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BACE8

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BACE8	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c4ef',
    500: '#5bace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bace8;
$custom-light: #95c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BACE8

secondary

#E9CCB6

accent

#640ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BACE8

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

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