#5B9DC6#5B9DC6

#5B9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.091 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9DC6
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -9.35, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 29.07, 251.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0489 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.091 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5607, 30.4130, 57.8858)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9DC6 #C6845B

analogous

#5BC6BA #5B9DC6 #5B68C6

triadic

#5B9DC6 #C65B9D #9DC65B

tetradic

#5B9DC6 #BA5BC6 #C6845B #68C65B

square

#5B9DC6 #BA5BC6 #C6845B #68C65B

split-complementary

#5B9DC6 #C65B68 #C6BA5B

monochromatic

#2B5D7C #3B7FA9 #5B9DC6 #88B8D6 #B6D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#5B9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#5B9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DC6

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9DC6	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EA7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.091 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b9d7',
    500: '#5b9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9dc6;
$custom-light: #91b9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.991,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66842,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9DC6

secondary

#D4B9A9

accent

#8450D8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9DC6

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

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