#5B98BE#5B98BE

#5B98BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.085 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B98BE
RGB	rgb(91, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -9.00, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 27.27, 250.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0459 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.085 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8335, 28.3963, 52.8776)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B98BE #BE815B

analogous

#5BBEB2 #5B98BE #5B67BE

triadic

#5B98BE #BE5B98 #98BE5B

tetradic

#5B98BE #B25BBE #BE815B #67BE5B

square

#5B98BE #B25BBE #BE815B #67BE5B

split-complementary

#5B98BE #BE5B67 #BEB25B

monochromatic

#2D5772 #3E799D #5B98BE #87B4CF #B3CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#5B98BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#5B98BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B98BE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B98BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B98BE	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b98be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.085 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b6d1',
    500: '#5b98be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b98be;
$custom-light: #90b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b98be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.03,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6534,
    "c": 0.08514,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B98BE

secondary

#CFB6A6

accent

#8555D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B98BE

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

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