#5BAED5#5BAED5

#5BAED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.099 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAED5
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -14.06, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 30.79, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0626 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.099 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4561, 37.2974, 68.4793)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAED5 #D5825B

analogous

#5BD5BF #5BAED5 #5B71D5

triadic

#5BAED5 #D55BAE #AED55B

tetradic

#5BAED5 #BF5BD5 #D5825B #71D55B

square

#5BAED5 #BF5BD5 #D5825B #71D55B

split-complementary

#5BAED5 #D55B71 #D5BF5B

monochromatic

#256E91 #3293C1 #5BAED5 #8CC6E1 #BCDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BAED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#5BAED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAED5

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAED5	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.099 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e2',
    500: '#5baed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baed5;
$custom-light: #93c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAED5

secondary

#DEBDAE

accent

#7845E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAED5

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

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