#5496AD#5496AD

#5496AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.076 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496AD
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -14.54, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 23.55, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0555 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.076 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1025, 26.7128, 43.5184)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496AD #AD6B54

analogous

#54AD98 #5496AD #5469AD

triadic

#5496AD #AD5496 #96AD54

tetradic

#5496AD #9854AD #AD6B54 #69AD54

square

#5496AD #9854AD #AD6B54 #69AD54

split-complementary

#5496AD #AD5469 #AD9854

monochromatic

#2C4F5B #3F7384 #5496AD #7DAFC1 #A7C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5496AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#5496AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496AD

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496AD	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.076 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5c5',
    500: '#5496ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496ad;
$custom-light: #8ab5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 35.178,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63821,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496AD

secondary

#C2A59B

accent

#795DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496AD

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

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