#5B697B#5B697B

#5B697B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.033 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B697B
RGB	rgb(91, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(214, 15%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, -0.89, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 11.81, 265.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0087 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.033 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9401, 13.7569, 20.7086)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B697B #7B6D5B

analogous

#5B797B #5B697B #5D5B7B

triadic

#5B697B #7B5B69 #697B5B

tetradic

#5B697B #7B5B79 #7B6D5B #5B7B5D

square

#5B697B #7B5B79 #7B6D5B #5B7B5D

split-complementary

#5B697B #7B5D5B #797B5B

monochromatic

#272D35 #414B58 #5B697B #78879B #9BA7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#5B697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#5B697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B697B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B697B	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F667B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.033 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a93a1',
    500: '#5b697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b697b;
$custom-light: #8a93a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 14.953,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51578,
    "c": 0.03331,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B697B

secondary

#A49A8E

accent

#9870B8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B697B

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

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