#5BAEC0#5BAEC0

#5BAEC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.085 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEC0
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -20.22, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 26.37, 219.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0705 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.085 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9611, 36.2994, 55.3392)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEC0 #C06D5B

analogous

#5BC09F #5BAEC0 #5B7BC0

triadic

#5BAEC0 #C05BAE #AEC05B

tetradic

#5BAEC0 #9F5BC0 #C06D5B #7BC05B

square

#5BAEC0 #9F5BC0 #C06D5B #7BC05B

split-complementary

#5BAEC0 #C05B7B #C09F5B

monochromatic

#2D6774 #3E8FA0 #5BAEC0 #87C4D1 #B3DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5BAEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#5BAEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEC0

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEC0	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.085 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6d3',
    500: '#5baec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baec0;
$custom-light: #91c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEC0

secondary

#D0AEA6

accent

#6B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEC0

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

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