#5B97AA#5B97AA

#5B97AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.068 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97AA
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -14.27, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 21.45, 228.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0522 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.068 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6340, 27.2579, 42.0910)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97AA #AA6E5B

analogous

#5BAA95 #5B97AA #5B6FAA

triadic

#5B97AA #AA5B97 #97AA5B

tetradic

#5B97AA #955BAA #AA6E5B #6FAA5B

square

#5B97AA #955BAA #AA6E5B #6FAA5B

split-complementary

#5B97AA #AA5B6F #AA955B

monochromatic

#2F515B #447484 #5B97AA #83B1BF #ACCAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#5B97AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#5B97AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97AA

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97AA	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.068 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5c3',
    500: '#5b97aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97aa;
$custom-light: #8eb5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.06843,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97AA

secondary

#C2A79F

accent

#7960C8

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97AA

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

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