#5B97BC#5B97BC

#5B97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.084 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97BC
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -9.04, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 26.76, 250.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0454 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.084 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4548, 27.9862, 51.6804)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97BC #BC805B

analogous

#5BBCB1 #5B97BC #5B67BC

triadic

#5B97BC #BC5B97 #97BC5B

tetradic

#5B97BC #B15BBC #BC805B #67BC5B

square

#5B97BC #B15BBC #BC805B #67BC5B

split-complementary

#5B97BC #BC5B67 #BCB15B

monochromatic

#2D566F #3F789B #5B97BC #86B3CE #B2CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5B97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#5B97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97BC

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97BC	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.084 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b5d0',
    500: '#5b97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97bc;
$custom-light: #90b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65022,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97BC

secondary

#CEB5A5

accent

#8556D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97BC

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

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