#5496AE#5496AE

#5496AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496AE
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -14.25, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 23.77, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0551 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.076 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1996, 26.7516, 44.0299)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496AE #AE6C54

analogous

#54AE99 #5496AE #5469AE

triadic

#5496AE #AE5496 #96AE54

tetradic

#5496AE #9954AE #AE6C54 #69AE54

square

#5496AE #9954AE #AE6C54 #69AE54

split-complementary

#5496AE #AE5469 #AE9954

monochromatic

#2C4F5C #3F7386 #5496AE #7EAFC2 #A7C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5496AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#5496AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496AE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496AE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5c6',
    500: '#5496ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496ae;
$custom-light: #8ab5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496AE

secondary

#C3A69B

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496AE

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

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