#5BAEE5#5BAEE5

#5BAEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEE5
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -9.14, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 36.36, 255.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0571 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.114 240)
XYZ	xyz(33.5880, 38.1502, 79.7072)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEE5 #E5925B

analogous

#5BE5D7 #5BAEE5 #5B69E5

triadic

#5BAEE5 #E55BAE #AEE55B

tetradic

#5BAEE5 #D75BE5 #E5925B #69E55B

square

#5BAEE5 #D75BE5 #E5925B #69E55B

split-complementary

#5BAEE5 #E55B69 #E5D75B

monochromatic

#1B71AB #2694DD #5BAEE5 #90C8ED #C5E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#5BAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEE5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEE5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6ed',
    500: '#5baee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baee5;
$custom-light: #95c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72104,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEE5

secondary

#E7C9B5

accent

#5F11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEE5

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

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