#5496BB#5496BB

#5496BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.087 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496BB
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -10.34, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 27.64, 248.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0502 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.087 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5288, 27.2833, 51.0304)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496BB #BB7954

analogous

#54BBAC #5496BB #5463BB

triadic

#5496BB #BB5496 #96BB54

tetradic

#5496BB #AC54BB #BB7954 #63BB54

square

#5496BB #AC54BB #BB7954 #63BB54

split-complementary

#5496BB #BB5463 #BBAC54

monochromatic

#2A536A #3C7696 #5496BB #80B1CC #ACCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#5496BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#5496BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496BB

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496BB	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.087 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4cf',
    500: '#5496bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496bb;
$custom-light: #8cb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.553,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496BB

secondary

#CCAF9F

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496BB

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

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