#5496B0#5496B0

#5496B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.078 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496B0
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -13.66, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 24.26, 235.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0543 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.078 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3960, 26.8302, 45.0644)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496B0 #B06E54

analogous

#54B09C #5496B0 #5468B0

triadic

#5496B0 #B05496 #96B054

tetradic

#5496B0 #9C54B0 #B06E54 #68B054

square

#5496B0 #9C54B0 #B06E54 #68B054

split-complementary

#5496B0 #B05468 #B09C54

monochromatic

#2B505E #3F7388 #5496B0 #7EB0C3 #A8C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5496B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#5496B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496B0

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496B0	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.078 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c7',
    500: '#5496b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496b0;
$custom-light: #8bb5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 36.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496B0

secondary

#C4A79C

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496B0

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

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