#5BAEE6#5BAEE6

#5BAEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEE6
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -8.82, -35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 36.75, 256.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0567 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.115 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7280, 38.2062, 80.4446)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEE6 #E6935B

analogous

#5BE6D9 #5BAEE6 #5B68E6

triadic

#5BAEE6 #E65BAE #AEE65B

tetradic

#5BAEE6 #D95BE6 #E6935B #68E65B

square

#5BAEE6 #D95BE6 #E6935B #68E65B

split-complementary

#5BAEE6 #E65B68 #E6D95B

monochromatic

#1A71AC #2694DE #5BAEE6 #90C8EE #C5E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#5BAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEE6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEE6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6ee',
    500: '#5baee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baee6;
$custom-light: #95c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEE6

secondary

#E7CAB5

accent

#6010D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEE6

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

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