#5B96BE#5B96BE

#5B96BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.086 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B96BE
RGB	rgb(91, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -7.88, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 27.78, 253.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0435 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.086 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5116, 27.7526, 52.7703)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5B96BE #BE835B

analogous

#5BBEB4 #5B96BE #5B65BE

triadic

#5B96BE #BE5B96 #96BE5B

tetradic

#5B96BE #B45BBE #BE835B #65BE5B

square

#5B96BE #B45BBE #BE835B #65BE5B

split-complementary

#5B96BE #BE5B65 #BEB45B

monochromatic

#2D5672 #3E779D #5B96BE #87B2CF #B3CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#5B96BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#5B96BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B96BE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B96BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B96BE	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b96be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.086 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b4d1',
    500: '#5b96be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b96be;
$custom-light: #90b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b96be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.242,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6488,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B96BE

secondary

#CFB6A6

accent

#8855D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B96BE

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

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