#5497BE#5497BE

#5497BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.090 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5497BE
RGB	rgb(84, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -9.98, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 28.50, 249.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0503 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.09 236)
XYZ	xyz(24.0136, 27.7336, 52.7929)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5497BE #BE7B54

analogous

#54BEB0 #5497BE #5462BE

triadic

#5497BE #BE5497 #97BE54

tetradic

#5497BE #B054BE #BE7B54 #62BE54

square

#5497BE #B054BE #BE7B54 #62BE54

split-complementary

#5497BE #BE5462 #BEB054

monochromatic

#2A556E #3B779A #5497BE #80B2CF #ADCDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#5497BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#5497BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5497BE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5497BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5497BE	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5497be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.090 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5d1',
    500: '#5497be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5497be;
$custom-light: #8cb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5497be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.075,
    "s": 44.915,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64782,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.27736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5497BE

secondary

#CEB1A0

accent

#8353D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5497BE

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

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