#5B8DAC#5B8DAC

#5B8DAC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.071 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8DAC
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(203, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(203, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -8.18, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 23.04, 249.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0391 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.071 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2830, 24.2509, 42.5811)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8DAC #AC7A5B

analogous

#5BACA3 #5B8DAC #5B65AC

triadic

#5B8DAC #AC5B8D #8DAC5B

tetradic

#5B8DAC #A35BAC #AC7A5B #65AC5B

square

#5B8DAC #A35BAC #AC7A5B #65AC5B

split-complementary

#5B8DAC #AC5B65 #ACA35B

monochromatic

#2F4C5D #446D86 #5B8DAC #84A9C1 #ACC5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#5B8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#5B8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8DAC

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8DAC	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.071 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaec4',
    500: '#5b8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8dac;
$custom-light: #8eaec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.963,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62015,
    "c": 0.07141,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8DAC

secondary

#C3ADA0

accent

#875FC9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0D1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8DAC

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

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