#5491D8#5491D8

#5491D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.125 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5491D8
RGB	rgb(84, 145, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 1.76, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 42.25, 272.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0355 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.125 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1718, 27.0911, 68.8023)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5491D8 #D89B54

analogous

#54D3D8 #5491D8 #5954D8

triadic

#5491D8 #D85491 #91D854

tetradic

#5491D8 #D854D3 #D89B54 #54D859

square

#5491D8 #D854D3 #D89B54 #54D859

split-complementary

#5491D8 #D85954 #D3D854

monochromatic

#215591 #2C72C2 #5491D8 #86B1E3 #B8D1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5491D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#5491D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5491D8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5491D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5491D8	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7395DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5491d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 145, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.125 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb0e4',
    500: '#5491d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5491d8;
$custom-light: #8fb0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5491d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.273,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64692,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5491D8

secondary

#DEC6AA

accent

#9A42E6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5491D8

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

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