#5B809D#5B809D

#5B809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.061 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B809D
RGB	rgb(91, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(206, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, -5.11, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 20.27, 255.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0281 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.061 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1173, 20.0957, 34.8159)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B809D #9D785B

analogous

#5B9D99 #5B809D #5B5F9D

triadic

#5B809D #9D5B80 #809D5B

tetradic

#5B809D #995B9D #9D785B #5F9D5B

square

#5B809D #995B9D #9D785B #5F9D5B

split-complementary

#5B809D #9D5B5F #9D995B

monochromatic

#2E4150 #456076 #5B809D #809EB5 #A7BBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#5B809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#5B809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B809D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B809D	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.061 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca4ba',
    500: '#5b809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b809d;
$custom-light: #8ca4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58351,
    "c": 0.06111,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B809D

secondary

#BAA89A

accent

#8E65C3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B809D

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

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