#5BADE8#5BADE8

#5BADE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BADE8
RGB	rgb(91, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -7.65, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 37.87, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0551 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.118 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8180, 37.9342, 81.8681)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BADE8 #E8965B

analogous

#5BE8DC #5BADE8 #5B66E8

triadic

#5BADE8 #E85BAD #ADE85B

tetradic

#5BADE8 #DC5BE8 #E8965B #66E85B

square

#5BADE8 #DC5BE8 #E8965B #66E85B

split-complementary

#5BADE8 #E85B66 #E8DC5B

monochromatic

#1971B0 #2592E0 #5BADE8 #91C8F0 #C6E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#5BADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BADE8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BADE8	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c5ef',
    500: '#5bade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bade8;
$custom-light: #95c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BADE8

secondary

#E9CBB6

accent

#620ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BADE8

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

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