#5B8DCD#5B8DCD

#5B8DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.111 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8DCD
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 1.93, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 38.15, 272.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0284 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.111 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8548, 25.6796, 61.3927)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8DCD #CD9B5B

analogous

#5BC6CD #5B8DCD #625BCD

triadic

#5B8DCD #CD5B8D #8DCD5B

tetradic

#5B8DCD #CD5BC6 #CD9B5B #5BCD62

square

#5B8DCD #CD5BC6 #CD9B5B #5BCD62

split-complementary

#5B8DCD #CD625B #C6CD5B

monochromatic

#295185 #376EB4 #5B8DCD #8AAEDB #B9CEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#5B8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#5B8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8DCD

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8DCD	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6486CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.111 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91aedc',
    500: '#5b8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8dcd;
$custom-light: #91aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63571,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8DCD

secondary

#D9C5AB

accent

#9D4BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8DCD

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

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