#5B8AAE#5B8AAE

#5B8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.075 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8AAE
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(206, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -5.89, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 24.62, 256.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0347 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.075 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0402, 23.4556, 43.4549)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8AAE #AE7F5B

analogous

#5BAEA9 #5B8AAE #5B61AE

triadic

#5B8AAE #AE5B8A #8AAE5B

tetradic

#5B8AAE #A95BAE #AE7F5B #61AE5B

square

#5B8AAE #A95BAE #AE7F5B #61AE5B

split-complementary

#5B8AAE #AE5B61 #AEA95B

monochromatic

#2F4B5F #436A88 #5B8AAE #84A7C2 #ADC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#5B8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#5B8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8AAE

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8AAE	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.075 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacc6',
    500: '#5b8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8aae;
$custom-light: #8eacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.024,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61408,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8AAE

secondary

#C5B0A0

accent

#8D5ECA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0D1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8AAE

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

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