#5B8CD0#5B8CD0

#5B8CD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8CD0
RGB	rgb(91, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 3.47, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 40.16, 274.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0265 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.116 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0737, 25.5323, 63.2692)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8CD0 #D09F5B

analogous

#5BC6D0 #5B8CD0 #645BD0

triadic

#5B8CD0 #D05B8C #8CD05B

tetradic

#5B8CD0 #D05BC6 #D09F5B #5BD064

square

#5B8CD0 #D05BC6 #D09F5B #5BD064

split-complementary

#5B8CD0 #D0645B #C6D05B

monochromatic

#275089 #356CB9 #5B8CD0 #8BADDE #BACFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#5B8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#5B8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8CD0

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8CD0	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7090D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6185CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92adde',
    500: '#5b8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8cd0;
$custom-light: #92adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.872,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8CD0

secondary

#DBC7AC

accent

#A049DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8CD0

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

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