#5B656E#5B656E

#5B656E is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.019 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B656E
RGB	rgb(91, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(208, 9%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(208, 17%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, -1.74, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 6.60, 254.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% -0.0079 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.019 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7818, 12.6570, 16.5711)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B656E #6E645B

analogous

#5B6E6E #5B656E #5B5C6E

triadic

#5B656E #6E5B65 #656E5B

tetradic

#5B656E #6E5B6E #6E645B #5C6E5B

square

#5B656E #6E5B6E #6E645B #5C6E5B

split-complementary

#5B656E #6E5B5C #6E6E5B

monochromatic

#24272B #3F464D #5B656E #77848F #99A2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#5B656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#5B656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B656E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B656E	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)

#62656E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F636E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.019 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899097',
    500: '#5b656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b656e;
$custom-light: #899097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 9.453,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50138,
    "c": 0.01894,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B656E

secondary

#9A928B

accent

#9275B2

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B656E

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

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