#5BAFE6#5BAFE6

#5BAFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAFE6
RGB	rgb(91, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -9.37, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 36.46, 255.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0578 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.115 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9219, 38.5940, 80.5093)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAFE6 #E6925B

analogous

#5BE6D7 #5BAFE6 #5B69E6

triadic

#5BAFE6 #E65BAF #AFE65B

tetradic

#5BAFE6 #D75BE6 #E6925B #69E65B

square

#5BAFE6 #D75BE6 #E6925B #69E65B

split-complementary

#5BAFE6 #E65B69 #E6D75B

monochromatic

#1A73AC #2695DE #5BAFE6 #90C9EE #C5E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BAFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#5BAFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAFE6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAFE6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bafe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6ee',
    500: '#5bafe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bafe6;
$custom-light: #95c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bafe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.741,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAFE6

secondary

#E7C9B5

accent

#5E10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAFE6

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

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