#5B8DCF#5B8DCF

#5B8DCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.114 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8DCF
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 207)
HSL	hsl(214, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 31.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 2.57, -39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 39.17, 273.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0279 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.114 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0978, 25.7768, 62.6722)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8DCF #CF9D5B

analogous

#5BC7CF #5B8DCF #635BCF

triadic

#5B8DCF #CF5B8D #8DCF5B

tetradic

#5B8DCF #CF5BC7 #CF9D5B #5BCF63

square

#5B8DCF #CF5BC7 #CF9D5B #5BCF63

split-complementary

#5B8DCF #CF635B #C7CF5B

monochromatic

#285188 #366DB7 #5B8DCF #8AAEDD #BACFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5B8DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#5B8DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8DCF

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8DCF	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6386CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.114 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91aede',
    500: '#5b8dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8dcf;
$custom-light: #91aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.138,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8DCF

secondary

#DAC6AC

accent

#9E4ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8DCF

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

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