#5496B3#5496B3

#5496B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.080 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496B3
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -12.77, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 25.08, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0532 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.08 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6961, 26.9502, 46.6450)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496B3 #B37154

analogous

#54B3A1 #5496B3 #5467B3

triadic

#5496B3 #B35496 #96B354

tetradic

#5496B3 #A154B3 #B37154 #67B354

square

#5496B3 #A154B3 #B37154 #67B354

split-complementary

#5496B3 #B35467 #B3A154

monochromatic

#2B5161 #3E748C #5496B3 #7EB0C6 #A9CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5496B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5496B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496B3

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496B3	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.080 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb4c9',
    500: '#5496b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496b3;
$custom-light: #8bb4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.316,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6407,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496B3

secondary

#C6A99D

accent

#7D59CE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496B3

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

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