#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
RGBrgb(91, 156, 214)
HSLhsl(208, 60%, 60%)
HSVhsv(208, 57%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(57.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.38, -3.84, -35.87)
CIE-LCHlch(62.38, 36.07, 263.88°)
OKLaboklab(67.36% -0.0425 -0.1008)
OKLCHoklch(67.36% 0.109 247.1)
XYZxyz(28.3360, 30.8536, 68.0674)
Luminance0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##5B9CD61.002.937.177.17
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1721.001.001.00
##0000007.1721.001.001.00

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

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#5B9CD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva