#5B8EA5#5B8EA5

#5B8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.065 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8EA5
RGB	rgb(91, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -10.75, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 20.52, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.043 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.065 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7765, 24.2853, 39.1827)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8EA5 #A5725B

analogous

#5BA597 #5B8EA5 #5B69A5

triadic

#5B8EA5 #A55B8E #8EA55B

tetradic

#5B8EA5 #975BA5 #A5725B #69A55B

square

#5B8EA5 #975BA5 #A5725B #69A55B

split-complementary

#5B8EA5 #A55B69 #A5975B

monochromatic

#2F4A56 #456C7E #5B8EA5 #83A9BB #AAC4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#5B8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#5B8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8EA5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8EA5	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7784A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.065 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafbf',
    500: '#5b8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ea5;
$custom-light: #8dafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61956,
    "c": 0.06467,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8EA5

secondary

#BEA89D

accent

#8162C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8EA5

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

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