#5497BB#5497BB

#5497BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.087 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5497BB
RGB	rgb(84, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -10.90, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 27.44, 246.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0514 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.087 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6891, 27.6038, 51.0838)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5497BB #BB7854

analogous

#54BBAB #5497BB #5463BB

triadic

#5497BB #BB5497 #97BB54

tetradic

#5497BB #AB54BB #BB7854 #63BB54

square

#5497BB #AB54BB #BB7854 #63BB54

split-complementary

#5497BB #BB5463 #BBAB54

monochromatic

#2A546A #3C7796 #5497BB #80B2CC #ACCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#5497BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#5497BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5497BB

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5497BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5497BB	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5497bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.087 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5cf',
    500: '#5497bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5497bb;
$custom-light: #8cb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5497bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.971,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64649,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5497BB

secondary

#CCAF9F

accent

#8155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5497BB

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

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