#5496AF#5496AF

#5496AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.077 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496AF
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 14.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -13.96, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 24.01, 234.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0547 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.077 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2975, 26.7908, 44.5452)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496AF #AF6D54

analogous

#54AF9B #5496AF #5468AF

triadic

#5496AF #AF5496 #96AF54

tetradic

#5496AF #9B54AF #AF6D54 #68AF54

square

#5496AF #9B54AF #AF6D54 #68AF54

split-complementary

#5496AF #AF5468 #AF9B54

monochromatic

#2C4F5D #3F7387 #5496AF #7EB0C3 #A7C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5496AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#5496AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496AF

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496AF	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.077 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5c7',
    500: '#5496af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496af;
$custom-light: #8ab5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 36.255,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63903,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496AF

secondary

#C4A69B

accent

#7B5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496AF

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

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