#5B97BD#5B97BD

#5B97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.085 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97BD
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -8.74, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 27.14, 251.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0451 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.085 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5630, 28.0295, 52.2501)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97BD #BD815B

analogous

#5BBDB2 #5B97BD #5B66BD

triadic

#5B97BD #BD5B97 #97BD5B

tetradic

#5B97BD #B25BBD #BD815B #66BD5B

square

#5B97BD #B25BBD #BD815B #66BD5B

split-complementary

#5B97BD #BD5B66 #BDB25B

monochromatic

#2D5670 #3F789C #5B97BD #87B3CF #B2CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5B97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#5B97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97BD

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97BD	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.085 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b5d1',
    500: '#5b97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97bd;
$custom-light: #90b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65066,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97BD

secondary

#CFB5A5

accent

#8655D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97BD

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

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