#5B9DCD#5B9DCD

#5B9DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.098 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9DCD
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -7.21, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 31.83, 256.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0465 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.098 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3868, 30.7435, 62.2366)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9DCD #CD8B5B

analogous

#5BCDC4 #5B9DCD #5B64CD

triadic

#5B9DCD #CD5B9D #9DCD5B

tetradic

#5B9DCD #C45BCD #CD8B5B #64CD5B

square

#5B9DCD #C45BCD #CD8B5B #64CD5B

split-complementary

#5B9DCD #CD5B64 #CDC45B

monochromatic

#295E85 #377FB4 #5B9DCD #8AB9DB #B9D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#5B9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#5B9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DCD

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9DCD	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.098 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b9dc',
    500: '#5b9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9dcd;
$custom-light: #91b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67157,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9DCD

secondary

#D9BEAB

accent

#884BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9DCD

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

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