#5495C6#5495C6

#5495C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.099 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5495C6
RGB	rgb(84, 149, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -6.36, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 32.23, 258.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0453 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.099 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5929, 27.4547, 57.4184)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5495C6 #C68554

analogous

#54C6BE #5495C6 #545CC6

triadic

#5495C6 #C65495 #95C654

tetradic

#5495C6 #BE54C6 #C68554 #5CC654

square

#5495C6 #BE54C6 #C68554 #5CC654

split-complementary

#5495C6 #C6545C #C6BE54

monochromatic

#285578 #3776A6 #5495C6 #82B1D5 #B0CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#5495C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#5495C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5495C6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5495C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5495C6	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5495c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 149, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.099 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db4d7',
    500: '#5495c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5495c6;
$custom-light: #8db4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5495c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.789,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64689,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5495C6

secondary

#D3B8A3

accent

#8A4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5495C6

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

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