#5B97CC#5B97CC

#5B97CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97CC
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -4.15, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 33.43, 262.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.04 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.101 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2762, 28.7148, 61.2728)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97CC #CC905B

analogous

#5BCCC9 #5B97CC #5B5ECC

triadic

#5B97CC #CC5B97 #97CC5B

tetradic

#5B97CC #C95BCC #CC905B #5ECC5B

square

#5B97CC #C95BCC #CC905B #5ECC5B

split-complementary

#5B97CC #CC5B5E #CCC95B

monochromatic

#295984 #3779B2 #5B97CC #8AB5DB #B8D2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#5B97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#5B97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97CC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97CC	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b5db',
    500: '#5b97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97cc;
$custom-light: #91b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.142,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65753,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97CC

secondary

#D8C0AB

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97CC

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

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