#5C97AF#5C97AF

#5C97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.071 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C97AF
RGB	rgb(92, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -12.61, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 22.39, 235.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0494 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.071 226)
XYZ	xyz(23.2153, 27.5019, 44.6342)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C97AF #AF745C

analogous

#5CAF9D #5C97AF #5C6EAF

triadic

#5C97AF #AF5C97 #97AF5C

tetradic

#5C97AF #9D5CAF #AF745C #6EAF5C

square

#5C97AF #9D5CAF #AF745C #6EAF5C

split-complementary

#5C97AF #AF5C6E #AF9D5C

monochromatic

#305361 #44768A #5C97AF #85B1C3 #AECBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#5C97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#5C97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C97AF

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C97AF	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.071 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5c7',
    500: '#5c97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c97af;
$custom-light: #8fb5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.349,
    "s": 34.156,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64524,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.27504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C97AF

secondary

#C5ACA1

accent

#7D5ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C97AF

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

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