#5A799B#5A799B

#5A799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.064 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A799B
RGB	rgb(90, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(211, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, -1.89, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 21.90, 265.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0205 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.064 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9683, 18.2140, 33.6255)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A799B #9B7C5A

analogous

#5A999B #5A799B #5B5A9B

triadic

#5A799B #9B5A79 #799B5A

tetradic

#5A799B #9B5A99 #9B7C5A #5A9B5B

square

#5A799B #9B5A99 #9B7C5A #5A9B5B

split-complementary

#5A799B #9B5B5A #999B5A

monochromatic

#2D3D4E #445B74 #5A799B #7E98B4 #A5B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#5A799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#5A799B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A799B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A799B	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64739A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.064 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fb8',
    500: '#5a799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a799b;
$custom-light: #8b9fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56584,
    "c": 0.06392,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A799B

secondary

#B8A998

accent

#9665C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A799B

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

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