#5B9CD7#5B9CD7

#5B9CD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9CD7
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -3.53, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 36.53, 264.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0422 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.111 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4641, 30.9049, 68.7420)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9CD7 #D7965B

analogous

#5BD7D4 #5B9CD7 #5B5ED7

triadic

#5B9CD7 #D75B9C #9CD75B

tetradic

#5B9CD7 #D45BD7 #D7965B #5ED75B

square

#5B9CD7 #D45BD7 #D7965B #5ED75B

split-complementary

#5B9CD7 #D75B5E #D7D45B

monochromatic

#245F94 #307EC5 #5B9CD7 #8CBAE3 #BDD7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#5B9CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#5B9CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9CD7

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9CD7	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7291D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b9e3',
    500: '#5b9cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9cd7;
$custom-light: #93b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.548,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67405,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9CD7

secondary

#DFC6AF

accent

#9044E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9CD7

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

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