#5496B2#5496B2

#5496B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.079 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496B2
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -13.07, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 24.79, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0535 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.079 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5954, 26.9099, 46.1143)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496B2 #B27054

analogous

#54B29F #5496B2 #5467B2

triadic

#5496B2 #B25496 #96B254

tetradic

#5496B2 #9F54B2 #B27054 #67B254

square

#5496B2 #9F54B2 #B27054 #67B254

split-complementary

#5496B2 #B25467 #B29F54

monochromatic

#2B5060 #3E748A #5496B2 #7EB0C5 #A8CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5496B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#5496B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496B2

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496B2	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.079 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c9',
    500: '#5496b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496b2;
$custom-light: #8bb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 37.903,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.0793,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496B2

secondary

#C6A99C

accent

#7C5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496B2

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

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