#5BAED8#5BAED8

#5BAED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.101 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAED8
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -13.15, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 31.72, 245.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0615 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.101 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8404, 37.4511, 70.5033)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAED8 #D8855B

analogous

#5BD8C3 #5BAED8 #5B6FD8

triadic

#5BAED8 #D85BAE #AED85B

tetradic

#5BAED8 #C35BD8 #D8855B #6FD85B

square

#5BAED8 #C35BD8 #D8855B #6FD85B

split-complementary

#5BAED8 #D85B6F #D8C35B

monochromatic

#236F95 #2F94C7 #5BAED8 #8CC6E4 #BEDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BAED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#5BAED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAED8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAED8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.101 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e4',
    500: '#5baed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baed8;
$custom-light: #93c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.16,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71523,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAED8

secondary

#DFC0AF

accent

#561CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAED8

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

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