#5B9CCD#5B9CCD

#5B9CCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.099 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9CCD
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -6.65, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 32.14, 258.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0454 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.099 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2183, 30.4065, 62.1805)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9CCD #CD8C5B

analogous

#5BCDC5 #5B9CCD #5B63CD

triadic

#5B9CCD #CD5B9C #9CCD5B

tetradic

#5B9CCD #C55BCD #CD8C5B #63CD5B

square

#5B9CCD #C55BCD #CD8C5B #63CD5B

split-complementary

#5B9CCD #CD5B63 #CDC55B

monochromatic

#295D85 #377EB4 #5B9CCD #8AB8DB #B9D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#5B9CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#5B9CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9CCD

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9CCD	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.099 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b9dc',
    500: '#5b9ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9ccd;
$custom-light: #91b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.789,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6693,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9CCD

secondary

#D9BFAB

accent

#8A4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9CCD

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

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