#5A899D#5A899D

#5A899D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.059 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A899D
RGB	rgb(90, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -10.49, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 18.84, 236.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0407 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.059 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2458, 22.4980, 35.2202)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A899D #9D6E5A

analogous

#5A9D8F #5A899D #5A679D

triadic

#5A899D #9D5A89 #899D5A

tetradic

#5A899D #8F5A9D #9D6E5A #679D5A

square

#5A899D #8F5A9D #9D6E5A #679D5A

split-complementary

#5A899D #9D5A67 #9D8F5A

monochromatic

#2D454F #446776 #5A899D #7FA5B5 #A6C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#5A899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#5A899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A899D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A899D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.059 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabba',
    500: '#5a899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a899d;
$custom-light: #8cabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 27.126,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.604,
    "c": 0.05932,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A899D

secondary

#BAA399

accent

#8164C3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A899D

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

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