#5A799C#5A799C

#5A799C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.065 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A799C
RGB	rgb(90, 121, 156)
HSL	hsl(212, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(212, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, -1.60, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 22.40, 265.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.0202 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.065 252)
XYZ	xyz(17.0526, 18.2477, 34.0697)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A799C #9C7D5A

analogous

#5A9A9C #5A799C #5C5A9C

triadic

#5A799C #9C5A79 #799C5A

tetradic

#5A799C #9C5A9A #9C7D5A #5A9C5C

square

#5A799C #9C5A9A #9C7D5A #5A9C5C

split-complementary

#5A799C #9C5C5A #9A9C5A

monochromatic

#2D3D4E #445B75 #5A799C #7E98B5 #A5B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#5A799C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#5A799C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A799C

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A799C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A799C	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64739B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a799c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 121, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.065 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fb9',
    500: '#5a799c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a799c;
$custom-light: #8b9fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a799c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.818,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56629,
    "c": 0.06521,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.18249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A799C

secondary

#B9AA99

accent

#9765C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A799C

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

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