#5BAFD5#5BAFD5

#5BAFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.098 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAFD5
RGB	rgb(91, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -14.59, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 30.64, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0637 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.098 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6500, 37.6852, 68.5439)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAFD5 #D5815B

analogous

#5BD5BE #5BAFD5 #5B72D5

triadic

#5BAFD5 #D55BAF #AFD55B

tetradic

#5BAFD5 #BE5BD5 #D5815B #72D55B

square

#5BAFD5 #BE5BD5 #D5815B #72D55B

split-complementary

#5BAFD5 #D55B72 #D5BE5B

monochromatic

#256F91 #3295C1 #5BAFD5 #8CC7E1 #BCDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BAFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#5BAFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAFD5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAFD5	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bafd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.098 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e2',
    500: '#5bafd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bafd5;
$custom-light: #93c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bafd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71624,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAFD5

secondary

#DEBDAE

accent

#7645E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAFD5

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

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