#5B899A#5B899A

#5B899A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.056 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B899A
RGB	rgb(91, 137, 154)
HSL	hsl(196, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -11.05, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 17.83, 231.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.041 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.056 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0908, 22.4473, 33.8924)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B899A #9A6C5B

analogous

#5B9A8B #5B899A #5B6A9A

triadic

#5B899A #9A5B89 #899A5B

tetradic

#5B899A #8B5B9A #9A6C5B #6A9A5B

square

#5B899A #8B5B9A #9A6C5B #6A9A5B

split-complementary

#5B899A #9A5B6A #9A8B5B

monochromatic

#2E454D #446774 #5B899A #7FA5B3 #A5C0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#5B899A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#5B899A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B899A

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B899A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B899A	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b899a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 137, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.056 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabb7',
    500: '#5b899a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b899a;
$custom-light: #8cabb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b899a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60337,
    "c": 0.05624,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B899A

secondary

#B8A199

accent

#7F66C2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B899A

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

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