#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
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -11.16, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 26.94, 245.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.051 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.085 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8823, 30.1417, 54.3130)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##5B9DC0	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5B9DC0

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

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