#5B7E8A#5B7E8A

#5B7E8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.044 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B7E8A
RGB	rgb(91, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, -9.20, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 13.94, 228.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.0328 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.044 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3612, 18.9800, 26.8412)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B7E8A #8A675B

analogous

#5B8A7E #5B7E8A #5B678A

triadic

#5B7E8A #8A5B7E #7E8A5B

tetradic

#5B7E8A #7E5B8A #8A675B #678A5B

square

#5B7E8A #7E5B8A #8A675B #678A5B

split-complementary

#5B7E8A #8A5B67 #8A7E5B

monochromatic

#2A3B40 #435C65 #5B7E8A #7B9CA8 #9FB8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#5B7E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#5B7E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B7E8A

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B7E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B7E8A	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B8282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b7e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.044 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba3ac',
    500: '#5b7e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b7e8a;
$custom-light: #8ba3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b7e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57109,
    "c": 0.04357,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B7E8A

secondary

#AE9A93

accent

#806BBD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F3F4

border

#CBCDCE

text

#0C0F10

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B7E8A

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

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