#5BADE5#5BADE5

#5BADE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BADE5
RGB	rgb(91, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -8.59, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 36.66, 256.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.056 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.115 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3955, 37.7652, 79.6430)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BADE5 #E5935B

analogous

#5BE5D8 #5BADE5 #5B68E5

triadic

#5BADE5 #E55BAD #ADE55B

tetradic

#5BADE5 #D85BE5 #E5935B #68E55B

square

#5BADE5 #D85BE5 #E5935B #68E55B

split-complementary

#5BADE5 #E55B68 #E5D85B

monochromatic

#1B70AB #2693DD #5BADE5 #90C7ED #C5E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#5BADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BADE5

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BADE5	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c5ed',
    500: '#5bade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bade5;
$custom-light: #95c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BADE5

secondary

#E7C9B5

accent

#6011D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BADE5

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

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