#5BAFEC#5BAFEC

#5BAFEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAFEC
RGB	rgb(91, 175, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -7.48, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 38.86, 258.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0559 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.121 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7790, 38.9368, 85.0233)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAFEC #EC985B

analogous

#5BECE0 #5BAFEC #5B67EC

triadic

#5BAFEC #EC5BAF #AFEC5B

tetradic

#5BAFEC #E05BEC #EC985B #67EC5B

square

#5BAFEC #E05BEC #EC985B #67EC5B

split-complementary

#5BAFEC #EC5B67 #ECE05B

monochromatic

#1573B7 #2494E6 #5BAFEC #92CAF2 #C9E5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BAFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#5BAFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAFEC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAFEC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bafec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 175, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c6f2',
    500: '#5bafec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bafec;
$custom-light: #96c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bafec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.241,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAFEC

secondary

#EBCDB8

accent

#620ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAFEC

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

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