#5B97BB#5B97BB

#5B97BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.083 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97BB
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -9.34, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 26.39, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0458 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.083 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3474, 27.9433, 51.1146)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97BB #BB7F5B

analogous

#5BBBAF #5B97BB #5B67BB

triadic

#5B97BB #BB5B97 #97BB5B

tetradic

#5B97BB #AF5BBB #BB7F5B #67BB5B

square

#5B97BB #AF5BBB #BB7F5B #67BB5B

split-complementary

#5B97BB #BB5B67 #BBAF5B

monochromatic

#2E566E #407899 #5B97BB #86B2CD #B2CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#5B97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#5B97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97BB

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97BB	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.083 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5cf',
    500: '#5b97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97bb;
$custom-light: #8fb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64978,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97BB

secondary

#CDB4A5

accent

#8557D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97BB

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

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