#5B6070#5B6070

#5B6070 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.026 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6070
RGB	rgb(91, 96, 112)
HSL	hsl(226, 10%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(226, 19%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 1.77, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 9.86, 280.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.0008 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.026 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4212, 11.7595, 16.9942)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6070 #706B5B

analogous

#5B6B70 #5B6070 #615B70

triadic

#5B6070 #705B60 #60705B

tetradic

#5B6070 #705B6B #706B5B #5B7061

square

#5B6070 #705B6B #706B5B #5B7061

split-complementary

#5B6070 #70615B #6B705B

monochromatic

#24262C #40434E #5B6070 #777D91 #999EAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#5B6070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5B6070 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6070

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6070	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 96, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.026 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898d99',
    500: '#5b6070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6070;
$custom-light: #898d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49053,
    "c": 0.02634,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6070

secondary

#9B978C

accent

#A475B3

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6070

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

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