#5B6072#5B6072

#5B6072 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.029 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6072
RGB	rgb(91, 96, 114)
HSL	hsl(227, 11%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(227, 20%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 2.27, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 11.05, 281.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.0016 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.029 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5338, 11.8046, 17.5872)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6072 #726D5B

analogous

#5B6B72 #5B6072 #615B72

triadic

#5B6072 #725B60 #60725B

tetradic

#5B6072 #725B6B #726D5B #5B7261

square

#5B6072 #725B6B #726D5B #5B7261

split-complementary

#5B6072 #72615B #6B725B

monochromatic

#25272E #404350 #5B6072 #777D93 #999EAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#5B6072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#5B6072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6072

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6072	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 96, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.029 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898d9a',
    500: '#5b6072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6072;
$custom-light: #898d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 11.22,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49134,
    "c": 0.02946,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6072

secondary

#9D998C

accent

#A674B4

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6072

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

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