#5B8DA2#5B8DA2

#5B8DA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.062 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8DA2
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 162)
HSL	hsl(198, 28%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 13%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -11.05, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 19.75, 235.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0429 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.062 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3585, 23.8811, 37.7121)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8DA2 #A2705B

analogous

#5BA293 #5B8DA2 #5B6AA2

triadic

#5B8DA2 #A25B8D #8DA25B

tetradic

#5B8DA2 #935BA2 #A2705B #6AA25B

square

#5B8DA2 #935BA2 #A2705B #6AA25B

split-complementary

#5B8DA2 #A25B6A #A2935B

monochromatic

#2F4954 #456B7B #5B8DA2 #82A8B9 #A9C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#5B8DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#5B8DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8DA2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8DA2	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.062 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daebd',
    500: '#5b8da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8da2;
$custom-light: #8daebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 28.063,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61599,
    "c": 0.06232,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8DA2

secondary

#BDA69C

accent

#8063C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8DA2

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

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