#5B97BF#5B97BF

#5B97BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.087 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97BF
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -8.14, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 27.91, 253.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0444 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.087 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7816, 28.1169, 53.4013)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97BF #BF835B

analogous

#5BBFB5 #5B97BF #5B65BF

triadic

#5B97BF #BF5B97 #97BF5B

tetradic

#5B97BF #B55BBF #BF835B #65BF5B

square

#5B97BF #B55BBF #BF835B #65BF5B

split-complementary

#5B97BF #BF5B65 #BFB55B

monochromatic

#2D5773 #3E789F #5B97BF #87B3D0 #B3CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#5B97BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#5B97BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97BF

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97BF	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.087 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b5d2',
    500: '#5b97bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97bf;
$custom-light: #90b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65154,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97BF

secondary

#D0B7A6

accent

#8754D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97BF

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

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