#5B8EA4#5B8EA4

#5B8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.064 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8EA4
RGB	rgb(91, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -11.04, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 20.24, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0434 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.064 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6858, 24.2490, 38.7053)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8EA4 #A4715B

analogous

#5BA495 #5B8EA4 #5B6AA4

triadic

#5B8EA4 #A45B8E #8EA45B

tetradic

#5B8EA4 #955BA4 #A4715B #6AA45B

square

#5B8EA4 #955BA4 #A4715B #6AA45B

split-complementary

#5B8EA4 #A45B6A #A4955B

monochromatic

#2F4A55 #456C7D #5B8EA4 #82A9BA #AAC4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#5B8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#5B8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8EA4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8EA4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.064 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafbf',
    500: '#5b8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ea4;
$custom-light: #8dafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 28.627,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61915,
    "c": 0.06386,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8EA4

secondary

#BEA79D

accent

#8063C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8EA4

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

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