#5D879B#5D879B

#5D879B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.055 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D879B
RGB	rgb(93, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(199, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -9.11, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 17.76, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0361 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.055 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0926, 22.0205, 34.2483)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D879B #9B715D

analogous

#5D9B90 #5D879B #5D689B

triadic

#5D879B #9B5D87 #879B5D

tetradic

#5D879B #905D9B #9B715D #689B5D

square

#5D879B #905D9B #9B715D #689B5D

split-complementary

#5D879B #9B5D68 #9B905D

monochromatic

#2F444E #466675 #5D879B #81A4B4 #A8BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#5D879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#5D879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5D879B

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5D879B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.055 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daab8',
    500: '#5d879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d879b;
$custom-light: #8daab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60021,
    "c": 0.05538,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D879B

secondary

#B9A59B

accent

#8466C1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D879B

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

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