#5B9DCE#5B9DCE

#5B9DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.100 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9DCE
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -6.90, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 32.24, 257.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0461 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.1 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5079, 30.7919, 62.8744)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9DCE #CE8C5B

analogous

#5BCEC5 #5B9DCE #5B63CE

triadic

#5B9DCE #CE5B9D #9DCE5B

tetradic

#5B9DCE #C55BCE #CE8C5B #63CE5B

square

#5B9DCE #C55BCE #CE8C5B #63CE5B

split-complementary

#5B9DCE #CE5B63 #CEC55B

monochromatic

#285E86 #367FB6 #5B9DCE #8AB9DC #B9D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#5B9DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#5B9DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9DCE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9DCE	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.100 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b9dd',
    500: '#5b9dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9dce;
$custom-light: #92b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67203,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9DCE

secondary

#D9BFAB

accent

#894ADD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9DCE

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

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