#5A697D#5A697D

#5A697D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.037 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A697D
RGB	rgb(90, 105, 125)
HSL	hsl(214, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(214, 28%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 16%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, -0.71, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 13.00, 266.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0091 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.037 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9687, 13.7570, 21.3701)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A697D #7D6E5A

analogous

#5A7B7D #5A697D #5D5A7D

triadic

#5A697D #7D5A69 #697D5A

tetradic

#5A697D #7D5A7B #7D6E5A #5A7D5D

square

#5A697D #7D5A7B #7D6E5A #5A7D5D

split-complementary

#5A697D #7D5D5A #7B7D5A

monochromatic

#272D36 #404B59 #5A697D #77879D #9BA7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#5A697D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#5A697D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A697D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A697D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A697D	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#506D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a697d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 105, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.037 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8993a2',
    500: '#5a697d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a697d;
$custom-light: #8993a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a697d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51584,
    "c": 0.03668,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A697D

secondary

#A59B8E

accent

#996FB9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A697D

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

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