#5A697C#5A697C

#5A697C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.035 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A697C
RGB	rgb(90, 105, 124)
HSL	hsl(214, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, -0.97, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 12.47, 265.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% -0.0095 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.035 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9051, 13.7316, 21.0354)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A697C #7C6D5A

analogous

#5A7A7C #5A697C #5C5A7C

triadic

#5A697C #7C5A69 #697C5A

tetradic

#5A697C #7C5A7A #7C6D5A #5A7C5C

square

#5A697C #7C5A7A #7C6D5A #5A7C5C

split-complementary

#5A697C #7C5C5A #7A7C5A

monochromatic

#272D35 #404B59 #5A697C #77879C #9AA7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#5A697C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#5A697C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A697C

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A697C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A697C	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F667C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a697c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 105, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.035 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8993a2',
    500: '#5a697c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a697c;
$custom-light: #8993a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a697c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 15.888,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51542,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A697C

secondary

#A49A8E

accent

#986FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A697C

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

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