#5B9EAE#5B9EAE

#5B9EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.072 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9EAE
RGB	rgb(91, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -16.91, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 22.56, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0591 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.072 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1784, 29.7319, 44.5009)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9EAE #AE6B5B

analogous

#5BAE95 #5B9EAE #5B75AE

triadic

#5B9EAE #AE5B9E #9EAE5B

tetradic

#5B9EAE #955BAE #AE6B5B #75AE5B

square

#5B9EAE #955BAE #AE6B5B #75AE5B

split-complementary

#5B9EAE #AE5B75 #AE955B

monochromatic

#2F565F #437B88 #5B9EAE #84B6C2 #ADCED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#5B9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#5B9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9EAE

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9EAE	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.072 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbac6',
    500: '#5b9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9eae;
$custom-light: #8fbac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.566,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66083,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9EAE

secondary

#C5A7A0

accent

#735ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9EAE

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

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