#5B8DC2#5B8DC2

#5B8DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.097 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8DC2
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(211, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -1.53, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 32.70, 267.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0317 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.097 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5734, 25.1671, 54.6440)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8DC2 #C2905B

analogous

#5BC0C2 #5B8DC2 #5C5BC2

triadic

#5B8DC2 #C25B8D #8DC25B

tetradic

#5B8DC2 #C25BC0 #C2905B #5BC25C

square

#5B8DC2 #C25BC0 #C2905B #5BC25C

split-complementary

#5B8DC2 #C25C5B #C0C25B

monochromatic

#2C5077 #3D6EA3 #5B8DC2 #88ACD3 #B4CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#5B8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#5B8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8DC2

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8DC2	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.097 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90aed4',
    500: '#5b8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8dc2;
$custom-light: #90aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.874,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63021,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8DC2

secondary

#D2BDA7

accent

#9652D5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8DC2

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

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