#5497E6#5497E6

#5497E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.137 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5497E6
RGB	rgb(84, 151, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 2.91, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 46.37, 273.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.038 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.137 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0005, 29.7284, 79.0574)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5497E6 #E6A354

analogous

#54E0E6 #5497E6 #5A54E6

triadic

#5497E6 #E65497 #97E654

tetradic

#5497E6 #E654E0 #E6A354 #54E65A

square

#5497E6 #E654E0 #E6A354 #54E65A

split-complementary

#5497E6 #E65A54 #E0E654

monochromatic

#185AA7 #2077DD #5497E6 #89B7EE #BFD8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#5497E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#5497E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5497E6

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5497E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5497E6	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5497e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 151, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.137 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b5ee',
    500: '#5497e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5497e6;
$custom-light: #91b5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5497e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.466,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6676,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5497E6

secondary

#E6CDB0

accent

#7B0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5497E6

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

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