#5A97BE#5A97BE

#5A97BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.086 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A97BE
RGB	rgb(90, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -8.67, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 27.66, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0455 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.086 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5739, 28.0226, 52.8191)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A97BE #BE815A

analogous

#5ABEB3 #5A97BE #5A65BE

triadic

#5A97BE #BE5A97 #97BE5A

tetradic

#5A97BE #B35ABE #BE815A #65BE5A

square

#5A97BE #B35ABE #BE815A #65BE5A

split-complementary

#5A97BE #BE5A65 #BEB35A

monochromatic

#2D5671 #3E789D #5A97BE #86B3CF #B2CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5A97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#5A97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A97BE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A97BE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.086 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5d1',
    500: '#5a97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a97be;
$custom-light: #8fb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65061,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A97BE

secondary

#CFB5A5

accent

#8655D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A97BE

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

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