#5B9DC3#5B9DC3

#5B9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.088 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9DC3
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -10.26, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 27.97, 248.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0499 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.088 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2181, 30.2760, 56.0814)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9DC3 #C3815B

analogous

#5BC3B5 #5B9DC3 #5B69C3

triadic

#5B9DC3 #C35B9D #9DC35B

tetradic

#5B9DC3 #B55BC3 #C3815B #69C35B

square

#5B9DC3 #B55BC3 #C3815B #69C35B

split-complementary

#5B9DC3 #C35B69 #C3B55B

monochromatic

#2C5C78 #3C7EA5 #5B9DC3 #88B8D3 #B5D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#5B9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#5B9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DC3

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9DC3	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.088 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9d5',
    500: '#5b9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9dc3;
$custom-light: #90b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.923,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6671,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9DC3

secondary

#D2B7A7

accent

#8252D6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9DC3

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

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