#5495E6#5495E6

#5495E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.139 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5495E6
RGB	rgb(84, 149, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(213, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 4.07, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 47.33, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.036 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.139 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6814, 29.0901, 78.9510)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5495E6 #E6A554

analogous

#54DEE6 #5495E6 #5C54E6

triadic

#5495E6 #E65495 #95E654

tetradic

#5495E6 #E654DE #E6A554 #54E65C

square

#5495E6 #E654DE #E6A554 #54E65C

split-complementary

#5495E6 #E65C54 #DEE654

monochromatic

#1858A7 #2074DD #5495E6 #89B6EE #BFD7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#5495E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#5495E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5495E6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5495E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5495E6	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5495e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 149, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.139 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b3ee',
    500: '#5495e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5495e6;
$custom-light: #91b3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5495e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.288,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66324,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5495E6

secondary

#E6CEB0

accent

#7E0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5495E6

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

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