#5B97E9#5B97E9

#5B97E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.138 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B97E9
RGBrgb(91, 151, 233)
HSLhsl(215, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(215, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 35.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(61.86, 5.15, -47.22)
CIE-LCHlch(61.86, 47.50, 276.22°)
OKLaboklab(67.23% -0.0319 -0.1338)
OKLCHoklch(67.23% 0.138 256.6)
XYZxyz(30.0837, 30.2378, 81.3261)
Luminance0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B97E9 #E9AD5B
analogous
#5BDEE9 #5B97E9 #665BE9
triadic
#5B97E9 #E95B97 #97E95B
tetradic
#5B97E9 #E95BDE #E9AD5B #5BE966
square
#5B97E9 #E95BDE #E9AD5B #5BE966
split-complementary
#5B97E9 #E9665B #DEE95B
monochromatic
#1859B2 #2575E2 #5B97E9 #91B9F0 #C7DBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98
#5B97E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05
#5B97E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97E9
7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B97E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5B97E91.002.987.057.05
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0521.001.001.00
##0000007.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#749DEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#618FE7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AAB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b97e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.138 256.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b5f0',
    500: '#5b97e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b97e9;
$custom-light: #95b5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b97e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.648,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67232,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B97E9
secondary
#E9D4B7
accent
#830DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97E9

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#5B97E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva