#5B799C#5B799C

#5B799C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.065 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B799C
RGB	rgb(91, 121, 156)
HSL	hsl(212, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(212, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, -1.32, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 22.28, 266.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% -0.0192 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.065 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1506, 18.2982, 34.0742)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B799C #9C7E5B

analogous

#5B999C #5B799C #5D5B9C

triadic

#5B799C #9C5B79 #799C5B

tetradic

#5B799C #9C5B99 #9C7E5B #5B9C5D

square

#5B799C #9C5B99 #9C7E5B #5B9C5D

split-complementary

#5B799C #9C5D5B #999C5B

monochromatic

#2E3D4F #445B75 #5B799C #8098B5 #A6B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#5B799C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#5B799C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B799C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B799C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B799C	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b799c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 121, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.065 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fb9',
    500: '#5b799c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b799c;
$custom-light: #8c9fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b799c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56692,
    "c": 0.06463,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B799C

secondary

#B9AB9A

accent

#9765C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B799C

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

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