#5B9CD5#5B9CD5

#5B9CD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.108 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9CD5
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -4.16, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 35.62, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0428 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.108 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2087, 30.8027, 67.3968)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9CD5 #D5945B

analogous

#5BD5D1 #5B9CD5 #5B5FD5

triadic

#5B9CD5 #D55B9C #9CD55B

tetradic

#5B9CD5 #D15BD5 #D5945B #5FD55B

square

#5B9CD5 #D15BD5 #D5945B #5FD55B

split-complementary

#5B9CD5 #D55B5F #D5D15B

monochromatic

#255E91 #327EC1 #5B9CD5 #8CB9E1 #BCD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#5B9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#5B9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9CD5

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9CD5	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.108 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b9e2',
    500: '#5b9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9cd5;
$custom-light: #92b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.033,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67308,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9CD5

secondary

#DEC4AE

accent

#8F45E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9CD5

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

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