#5BADD4#5BADD4

#5BADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.098 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BADD4
RGB	rgb(91, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -13.83, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 30.64, 243.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0618 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.098 231)
XYZ	xyz(31.1371, 36.8619, 67.7487)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BADD4 #D4825B

analogous

#5BD4BF #5BADD4 #5B71D4

triadic

#5BADD4 #D45BAD #ADD45B

tetradic

#5BADD4 #BF5BD4 #D4825B #71D45B

square

#5BADD4 #BF5BD4 #D4825B #71D45B

split-complementary

#5BADD4 #D45B71 #D4BF5B

monochromatic

#266D8F #3292C0 #5BADD4 #8BC5E1 #BCDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5BADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#5BADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BADD4

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BADD4	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5badd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.098 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c5e1',
    500: '#5badd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5badd4;
$custom-light: #93c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5badd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71122,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BADD4

secondary

#DDBDAE

accent

#7846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BADD4

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

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