#5B9DC0#5B9DC0

#5B9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.085 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B9DC0
RGBrgb(91, 157, 192)
HSLhsl(201, 44%, 55%)
HSVhsv(201, 53%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.78, -11.16, -24.52)
CIE-LCHlch(61.78, 26.94, 245.53°)
OKLaboklab(66.58% -0.051 -0.0682)
OKLCHoklch(66.58% 0.085 233.2)
XYZxyz(25.8823, 30.1417, 54.3130)
Luminance0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B9DC0 #C07E5B
analogous
#5BC0B0 #5B9DC0 #5B6AC0
triadic
#5B9DC0 #C05B9D #9DC05B
tetradic
#5B9DC0 #B05BC0 #C07E5B #6AC05B
square
#5B9DC0 #B05BC0 #C07E5B #6AC05B
split-complementary
#5B9DC0 #C05B6A #C0B05B
monochromatic
#2D5B74 #3E7EA0 #5B9DC0 #87B7D1 #B3D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99
#5B9DC0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03
#5B9DC0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DC0
7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B9DC0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5B9DC01.002.997.037.03
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0321.001.001.00
##0000007.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C9BC2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E91BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BA6A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.085 233.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bad3',
    500: '#5b9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b9dc0;
$custom-light: #90bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.792,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6658,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B9DC0
secondary
#D0B5A6
accent
#8054D4
background
#F9FBFC
surface
#F1F6F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0D1114
muted
#7E8082

Preview Lab

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#5B9DC0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva