#5BAEDC#5BAEDC

#5BAEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEDC
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -11.93, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 33.05, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0601 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.105 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3638, 37.6605, 73.2599)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEDC #DC895B

analogous

#5BDCC9 #5BAEDC #5B6DDC

triadic

#5BAEDC #DC5BAE #AEDC5B

tetradic

#5BAEDC #C95BDC #DC895B #6DDC5B

square

#5BAEDC #C95BDC #DC895B #6DDC5B

split-complementary

#5BAEDC #DC5B6D #DCC95B

monochromatic

#21709B #2C94CE #5BAEDC #8DC7E7 #C0E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BAEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5BAEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEDC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEDC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6e7',
    500: '#5baedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baedc;
$custom-light: #94c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.395,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEDC

secondary

#E2C2B1

accent

#5919CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEDC

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

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