#5B8EA3#5B8EA3

#5B8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.063 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8EA3
RGB	rgb(91, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(198, 28%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -11.32, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 19.96, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0438 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.063 226)
XYZ	xyz(20.5959, 24.2130, 38.2315)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8EA3 #A3705B

analogous

#5BA394 #5B8EA3 #5B6AA3

triadic

#5B8EA3 #A35B8E #8EA35B

tetradic

#5B8EA3 #945BA3 #A3705B #6AA35B

square

#5B8EA3 #945BA3 #A3705B #6AA35B

split-complementary

#5B8EA3 #A35B6A #A3945B

monochromatic

#2F4A54 #456C7C #5B8EA3 #82A9B9 #A9C4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#5B8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#5B8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8EA3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8EA3	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#838CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.063 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafbe',
    500: '#5b8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ea3;
$custom-light: #8dafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 28.346,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61875,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.24214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8EA3

secondary

#BDA69D

accent

#8063C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8EA3

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

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