#5B9CD6#5B9CD6

#5B9CD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9CD6
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -3.84, -35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 36.07, 263.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0425 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.109 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3360, 30.8536, 68.0674)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9CD6 #D6955B

analogous

#5BD6D3 #5B9CD6 #5B5ED6

triadic

#5B9CD6 #D65B9C #9CD65B

tetradic

#5B9CD6 #D35BD6 #D6955B #5ED65B

square

#5B9CD6 #D35BD6 #D6955B #5ED65B

split-complementary

#5B9CD6 #D65B5E #D6D35B

monochromatic

#255E92 #317EC3 #5B9CD6 #8CBAE2 #BDD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#5B9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#5B9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9CD6

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9CD6	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b9e3',
    500: '#5b9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9cd6;
$custom-light: #92b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.293,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67356,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9CD6

secondary

#DEC5AF

accent

#8F45E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9CD6

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

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