#5491AB#5491AB

#5491AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.074 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5491AB
RGB	rgb(84, 145, 171)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -12.40, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 23.33, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0503 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.074 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1295, 25.0742, 42.2465)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5491AB #AB6E54

analogous

#54AB9A #5491AB #5465AB

triadic

#5491AB #AB5491 #91AB54

tetradic

#5491AB #9A54AB #AB6E54 #65AB54

square

#5491AB #9A54AB #AB6E54 #65AB54

split-complementary

#5491AB #AB5465 #AB9A54

monochromatic

#2C4B59 #406E82 #5491AB #7DABBF #A6C6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#5491AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#5491AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5491AB

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5491AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5491AB	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5491ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 145, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.074 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab1c4',
    500: '#5491ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5491ab;
$custom-light: #8ab1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5491ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.931,
    "s": 34.118,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62554,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5491AB

secondary

#C1A69A

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F8

border

#CBCFD1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5491AB

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

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