#5496C8#5496C8

#5496C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.101 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496C8
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -6.29, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 32.75, 258.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0457 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.101 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9840, 27.8654, 58.6943)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496C8 #C88654

analogous

#54C8C0 #5496C8 #545CC8

triadic

#5496C8 #C85496 #96C854

tetradic

#5496C8 #C054C8 #C88654 #5CC854

square

#5496C8 #C054C8 #C88654 #5CC854

split-complementary

#5496C8 #C8545C #C8C054

monochromatic

#27577A #3677A9 #5496C8 #82B2D7 #B1CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#5496C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#5496C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496C8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496C8	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.101 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db4d9',
    500: '#5496c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496c8;
$custom-light: #8db4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.862,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65012,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496C8

secondary

#D4B9A4

accent

#8A4DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496C8

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

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