#5C97AC#5C97AC

#5C97AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.069 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C97AC
RGB	rgb(92, 151, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -13.46, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 21.66, 231.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0506 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.069 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9239, 27.3854, 43.0996)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C97AC #AC715C

analogous

#5CAC99 #5C97AC #5C6FAC

triadic

#5C97AC #AC5C97 #97AC5C

tetradic

#5C97AC #995CAC #AC715C #6FAC5C

square

#5C97AC #995CAC #AC715C #6FAC5C

split-complementary

#5C97AC #AC5C6F #AC995C

monochromatic

#30525E #447586 #5C97AC #85B1C1 #ADCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#5C97AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#5C97AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C97AC

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C97AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C97AC	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c97ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 151, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.069 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5c4',
    500: '#5c97ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c97ac;
$custom-light: #8fb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c97ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64403,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C97AC

secondary

#C3AAA0

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C97AC

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

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