#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
RGBrgb(91, 156, 213)
HSLhsl(208, 59%, 60%)
HSVhsv(208, 57%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(57.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(62.34, -4.16, -35.38)
CIE-LCHlch(62.34, 35.62, 263.30°)
OKLaboklab(67.31% -0.0428 -0.0993)
OKLCHoklch(67.31% 0.108 246.7)
XYZxyz(28.2087, 30.8027, 67.3968)
Luminance0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##5B9CD51.002.937.167.16
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1621.001.001.00
##0000007.1621.001.001.00

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

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#5B9CD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva