#5A899C#5A899C

#5A899C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.059 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A899C
RGB	rgb(90, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(197, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -10.77, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 18.57, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0411 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.059 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1608, 22.4640, 34.7724)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A899C #9C6D5A

analogous

#5A9C8E #5A899C #5A689C

triadic

#5A899C #9C5A89 #899C5A

tetradic

#5A899C #8E5A9C #9C6D5A #689C5A

square

#5A899C #8E5A9C #9C6D5A #689C5A

split-complementary

#5A899C #9C5A68 #9C8E5A

monochromatic

#2D454E #446775 #5A899C #7EA5B5 #A5C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#5A899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#5A899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A899C

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A899C	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.059 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabb9',
    500: '#5a899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a899c;
$custom-light: #8cabb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6036,
    "c": 0.05854,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A899C

secondary

#B9A299

accent

#8065C3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A899C

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

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