#5B8EA2#5B8EA2

#5B8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.062 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8EA2
RGB	rgb(91, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(197, 28%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -11.60, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 19.70, 233.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0442 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.062 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5067, 24.1773, 37.7615)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8EA2 #A26F5B

analogous

#5BA292 #5B8EA2 #5B6BA2

triadic

#5B8EA2 #A25B8E #8EA25B

tetradic

#5B8EA2 #925BA2 #A26F5B #6BA25B

square

#5B8EA2 #925BA2 #A26F5B #6BA25B

split-complementary

#5B8EA2 #A25B6B #A2925B

monochromatic

#2F4954 #456C7B #5B8EA2 #82A9B9 #A9C4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#5B8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#5B8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8EA2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8EA2	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.062 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafbd',
    500: '#5b8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ea2;
$custom-light: #8dafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 28.063,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61835,
    "c": 0.06231,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8EA2

secondary

#BDA59C

accent

#7F63C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8EA2

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

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