#5B9BCA#5B9BCA

#5B9BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.096 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9BCA
RGB	rgb(91, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -7.02, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 31.20, 257.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0452 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.096 242)
XYZ	xyz(26.6925, 29.9288, 60.2359)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9BCA #CA8A5B

analogous

#5BCAC1 #5B9BCA #5B64CA

triadic

#5B9BCA #CA5B9B #9BCA5B

tetradic

#5B9BCA #C15BCA #CA8A5B #64CA5B

square

#5B9BCA #C15BCA #CA8A5B #64CA5B

split-complementary

#5B9BCA #CA5B64 #CAC15B

monochromatic

#2A5C81 #397DAF #5B9BCA #89B7D9 #B8D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#5B9BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#5B9BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9BCA

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9BCA	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.096 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b8da',
    500: '#5b9bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9bca;
$custom-light: #91b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.405,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66565,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.29931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9BCA

secondary

#D7BDAA

accent

#894DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9BCA

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

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