#5B909E#5B909E

#5B909E is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.060 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B909E
RGB	rgb(91, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, -13.81, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 18.92, 223.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0484 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.06 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4570, 24.6379, 36.0187)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B909E #9E695B

analogous

#5B9E8B #5B909E #5B6F9E

triadic

#5B909E #9E5B90 #909E5B

tetradic

#5B909E #8B5B9E #9E695B #6F9E5B

square

#5B909E #8B5B9E #9E695B #6F9E5B

split-complementary

#5B909E #9E5B6F #9E8B5B

monochromatic

#2E4950 #456D77 #5B909E #80ABB6 #A7C5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#5B909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#5B909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B909E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B909E	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.060 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0ba',
    500: '#5b909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b909e;
$custom-light: #8db0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 26.908,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.06004,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B909E

secondary

#BAA19A

accent

#7865C3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B909E

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

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