#5BAED2#5BAED2

#5BAED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.096 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAED2
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -14.96, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 29.92, 240.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0637 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.096 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0788, 37.1465, 66.4924)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAED2 #D27F5B

analogous

#5BD2BB #5BAED2 #5B73D2

triadic

#5BAED2 #D25BAE #AED25B

tetradic

#5BAED2 #BB5BD2 #D27F5B #73D25B

square

#5BAED2 #BB5BD2 #D27F5B #73D25B

split-complementary

#5BAED2 #D25B73 #D2BB5B

monochromatic

#266D8C #3493BC #5BAED2 #8BC6DF #BBDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5BAED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#5BAED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAED2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAED2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.096 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e0',
    500: '#5baed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baed2;
$custom-light: #93c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAED2

secondary

#DCBBAD

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAED2

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

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