#5B99EF#5B99EF

#5B99EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.143 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B99EF
RGBrgb(91, 153, 239)
HSLhsl(215, 82%, 65%)
HSVhsv(215, 62%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(61.9%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.71, 5.96, -49.19)
CIE-LCHlch(62.71, 49.55, 276.90°)
OKLaboklab(67.99% -0.0324 -0.1395)
OKLCHoklch(67.99% 0.143 256.9)
XYZxyz(31.2800, 31.2357, 86.0253)
Luminance0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B99EF #EFB15B
analogous
#5BE3EF #5B99EF #675BEF
triadic
#5B99EF #EF5B99 #99EF5B
tetradic
#5B99EF #EF5BE3 #EFB15B #5BEF67
square
#5B99EF #EF5BE3 #EFB15B #5BEF67
split-complementary
#5B99EF #EF675B #E3EF5B
monochromatic
#125ABD #2376EA #5B99EF #93BCF4 #CBDEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90
#5B99EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25
#5B99EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B99EF
7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B99EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5B99EF1.002.907.257.25
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2521.001.001.00
##0000007.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#749FF3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6091ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b99ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.143 256.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b6f4',
    500: '#5b99ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b99ef;
$custom-light: #96b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b99ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.865,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67989,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B99EF
secondary
#ECD7BA
accent
#8407DF
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1117
muted
#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B99EF

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#5B99EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva