#5B97DB#5B97DB

#5B97DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97DB
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(212, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 0.60, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 40.51, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0355 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.12 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1626, 29.4693, 71.2081)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97DB #DB9F5B

analogous

#5BD7DB #5B97DB #5F5BDB

triadic

#5B97DB #DB5B97 #97DB5B

tetradic

#5B97DB #DB5BD7 #DB9F5B #5BDB5F

square

#5B97DB #DB5BD7 #DB9F5B #5BDB5F

split-complementary

#5B97DB #DB5F5B #D7DB5B

monochromatic

#225A9A #2D77CC #5B97DB #8DB7E6 #BFD7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#5B97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#5B97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97DB

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97DB	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9BDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b5e6',
    500: '#5b97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97db;
$custom-light: #93b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66494,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97DB

secondary

#E1CAB1

accent

#781ACC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97DB

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

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