#5B656D#5B656D

#5B656D is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.018 H 242.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B656D
RGB	rgb(91, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(207, 9%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(207, 17%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, -1.98, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 6.13, 251.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% -0.0083 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.018 242)
XYZ	xyz(11.7277, 12.6354, 16.2860)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B656D #6D635B

analogous

#5B6D6C #5B656D #5B5C6D

triadic

#5B656D #6D5B65 #656D5B

tetradic

#5B656D #6C5B6D #6D635B #5C6D5B

square

#5B656D #6C5B6D #6D635B #5C6D5B

split-complementary

#5B656D #6D5B5C #6D6C5B

monochromatic

#23272A #3F464C #5B656D #77848E #99A2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#5B656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#5B656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B656D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B656D	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F636D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.018 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899096',
    500: '#5b656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b656d;
$custom-light: #899096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 9,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.501,
    "c": 0.01775,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.12636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B656D

secondary

#99918B

accent

#9176B2

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B656D

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

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