#5BADD8#5BADD8

#5BADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BADD8
RGB	rgb(91, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -12.61, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 31.91, 246.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0604 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.102 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6479, 37.0662, 70.4391)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BADD8 #D8865B

analogous

#5BD8C4 #5BADD8 #5B6ED8

triadic

#5BADD8 #D85BAD #ADD85B

tetradic

#5BADD8 #C45BD8 #D8865B #6ED85B

square

#5BADD8 #C45BD8 #D8865B #6ED85B

split-complementary

#5BADD8 #D85B6E #D8C45B

monochromatic

#236E95 #2F93C7 #5BADD8 #8CC6E4 #BEDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5BADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BADD8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BADD8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5badd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c5e4',
    500: '#5badd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5badd8;
$custom-light: #93c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5badd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.64,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BADD8

secondary

#DFC0AF

accent

#581CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BADD8

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

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