#5BAEE8#5BAEE8

#5BAEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEE8
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -8.20, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 37.55, 257.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0561 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.117 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0105, 38.3192, 81.9323)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEE8 #E8955B

analogous

#5BE8DB #5BAEE8 #5B67E8

triadic

#5BAEE8 #E85BAE #AEE85B

tetradic

#5BAEE8 #DB5BE8 #E8955B #67E85B

square

#5BAEE8 #DB5BE8 #E8955B #67E85B

split-complementary

#5BAEE8 #E85B67 #E8DB5B

monochromatic

#1972B0 #2593E0 #5BAEE8 #91C9F0 #C6E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#5BAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEE8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEE8	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6ef',
    500: '#5baee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baee8;
$custom-light: #95c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.681,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEE8

secondary

#E9CBB6

accent

#610ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEE8

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

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