#5B8395#5B8395

#5B8395 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.052 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8395
RGB	rgb(91, 131, 149)
HSL	hsl(199, 24%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 39%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, -9.07, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 16.73, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0351 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.052 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8537, 20.6256, 31.4683)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8395 #956D5B

analogous

#5B958A #5B8395 #5B6695

triadic

#5B8395 #955B83 #83955B

tetradic

#5B8395 #8A5B95 #956D5B #66955B

square

#5B8395 #8A5B95 #956D5B #66955B

split-complementary

#5B8395 #955B66 #958A5B

monochromatic

#2D4049 #44626F #5B8395 #7DA0B0 #A3BCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#5B8395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#5B8395 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8395

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8395	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 131, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.052 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca7b4',
    500: '#5b8395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8395;
$custom-light: #8ca7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 24.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58722,
    "c": 0.05224,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8395

secondary

#B5A097

accent

#8367C1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8395

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

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