#5496E6#5496E6

#5496E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.138 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5496E6
RGB	rgb(84, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(213, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 3.49, -46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 46.85, 274.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.037 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.138 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8403, 29.4079, 79.0040)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5496E6 #E6A454

analogous

#54DFE6 #5496E6 #5B54E6

triadic

#5496E6 #E65496 #96E654

tetradic

#5496E6 #E654DF #E6A454 #54E65B

square

#5496E6 #E654DF #E6A454 #54E65B

split-complementary

#5496E6 #E65B54 #DFE654

monochromatic

#1859A7 #2075DD #5496E6 #89B7EE #BFD8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#5496E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#5496E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5496E6

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5496E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5496E6	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5496e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.138 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b4ee',
    500: '#5496e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5496e6;
$custom-light: #91b4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5496e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.877,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66542,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5496E6

secondary

#E6CEB0

accent

#7C0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5496E6

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

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