#5490CB#5490CB

#5490CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5490CB
RGB	rgb(84, 144, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -1.90, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 36.36, 267.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0382 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.109 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4050, 26.1410, 60.2479)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5490CB #CB8F54

analogous

#54CBCB #5490CB #5455CB

triadic

#5490CB #CB5490 #90CB54

tetradic

#5490CB #CB54CB #CB8F54 #55CB54

square

#5490CB #CB54CB #CB8F54 #55CB54

split-complementary

#5490CB #CB5455 #CBCB54

monochromatic

#26537E #3571AD #5490CB #83AED9 #B2CDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#5490CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#5490CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5490CB

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5490CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5490CB	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7792CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6787CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5490cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 144, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0db',
    500: '#5490cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5490cb;
$custom-light: #8db0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5490cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.748,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5490CB

secondary

#D6BDA5

accent

#934BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5490CB

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

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