#5491AE#5491AE

#5491AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.077 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5491AE
RGB	rgb(84, 145, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -11.51, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 24.21, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0492 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.077 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4187, 25.1898, 43.7696)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5491AE #AE7154

analogous

#54AE9E #5491AE #5464AE

triadic

#5491AE #AE5491 #91AE54

tetradic

#5491AE #9E54AE #AE7154 #64AE54

square

#5491AE #9E54AE #AE7154 #64AE54

split-complementary

#5491AE #AE5464 #AE9E54

monochromatic

#2C4C5C #3F6F86 #5491AE #7EACC2 #A7C6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#5491AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#5491AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5491AE

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5491AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5491AE	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5491ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 145, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.077 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab1c6',
    500: '#5491ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5491ae;
$custom-light: #8ab1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5491ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.333,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62681,
    "c": 0.0769,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5491AE

secondary

#C3A89B

accent

#805CCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F8

border

#CBCFD1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5491AE

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

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