#5997A5#5997A5

#5997A5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.067 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5997A5
RGB	rgb(89, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -16.17, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 21.12, 220.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0559 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.067 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9754, 26.9720, 39.6381)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5997A5 #A56759

analogous

#59A58D #5997A5 #5971A5

triadic

#5997A5 #A55997 #97A559

tetradic

#5997A5 #8D59A5 #A56759 #71A559

square

#5997A5 #8D59A5 #A56759 #71A559

split-complementary

#5997A5 #A55971 #A58D59

monochromatic

#2E4E55 #44737D #5997A5 #80B0BB #A8C9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5997A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5997A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5997A5

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5997A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5997A5	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5997a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.067 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5bf',
    500: '#5997a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5997a5;
$custom-light: #8cb5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5997a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5997A5

secondary

#BEA29C

accent

#7462C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #5997A5

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

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