#5B899B#5B899B

#5B899B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.057 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B899B
RGB	rgb(91, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(197, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -10.78, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 18.08, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.0406 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.057 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1744, 22.4808, 34.3328)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B899B #9B6D5B

analogous

#5B9B8D #5B899B #5B699B

triadic

#5B899B #9B5B89 #899B5B

tetradic

#5B899B #8D5B9B #9B6D5B #699B5B

square

#5B899B #8D5B9B #9B6D5B #699B5B

split-complementary

#5B899B #9B5B69 #9B8D5B

monochromatic

#2E454E #446774 #5B899B #7FA5B4 #A6C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#5B899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#5B899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B899B

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B899B	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#418F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.057 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabb8',
    500: '#5b899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b899b;
$custom-light: #8cabb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 26.016,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60376,
    "c": 0.05696,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B899B

secondary

#B9A299

accent

#8065C2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B899B

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

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