#5BAEE9#5BAEE9

#5BAEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BAEE9
RGBrgb(91, 174, 233)
HSLhsl(205, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.30, -7.88, -37.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.30, 37.95, 258.01°)
OKLaboklab(72.29% -0.0558 -0.1043)
OKLCHoklch(72.29% 0.118 241.9)
XYZxyz(34.1529, 38.3761, 82.6825)
Luminance0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BAEE9 #E9965B
analogous
#5BE9DD #5BAEE9 #5B67E9
triadic
#5BAEE9 #E95BAE #AEE95B
tetradic
#5BAEE9 #DD5BE9 #E9965B #67E95B
square
#5BAEE9 #DD5BE9 #E9965B #67E95B
split-complementary
#5BAEE9 #E95B67 #E9DD5B
monochromatic
#1872B2 #2593E2 #5BAEE9 #91C9F0 #C7E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#5BAEE9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#5BAEE9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEE9
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BAEE9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BAEE91.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94AEEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#80A0E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5baee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 241.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6f0',
    500: '#5baee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5baee9;
$custom-light: #95c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5baee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BAEE9
secondary
#E9CCB7
accent
#620DD9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEE9

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#5BAEE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva