#5BADE9#5BADE9

#5BADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BADE9
RGB	rgb(91, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -7.33, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 38.28, 258.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0547 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.119 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9604, 37.9912, 82.6183)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BADE9 #E9975B

analogous

#5BE9DE #5BADE9 #5B66E9

triadic

#5BADE9 #E95BAD #ADE95B

tetradic

#5BADE9 #DE5BE9 #E9975B #66E95B

square

#5BADE9 #DE5BE9 #E9975B #66E95B

split-complementary

#5BADE9 #E95B66 #E9DE5B

monochromatic

#1871B2 #2592E2 #5BADE9 #91C8F0 #C7E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5BADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#5BADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BADE9

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BADE9	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c5f0',
    500: '#5bade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bade9;
$custom-light: #95c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BADE9

secondary

#E9CCB7

accent

#630DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BADE9

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

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