#5590BC#5590BC

#5590BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.091 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5590BC
RGBrgb(85, 144, 188)
HSLhsl(206, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(206, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.57, -6.45, -28.78)
CIE-LCHlch(57.57, 29.49, 257.36°)
OKLaboklab(63.12% -0.0422 -0.0805)
OKLCHoklch(63.12% 0.091 242.3)
XYZxyz(22.7934, 25.5067, 51.2893)
Luminance0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5590BC #BC8155
analogous
#55BCB4 #5590BC #555CBC
triadic
#5590BC #BC5590 #90BC55
tetradic
#5590BC #B455BC #BC8155 #5CBC55
square
#5590BC #B455BC #BC8155 #5CBC55
split-complementary
#5590BC #BC555C #BCB455
monochromatic
#2B506C #3C7198 #5590BC #81ADCD #ADC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44
#5590BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10
#5590BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5590BC
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5590BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5590BC1.003.446.106.10
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1021.001.001.00
##0000006.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D90BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F86BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#099B9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5590bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 144, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.091 242.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb0d0',
    500: '#5590bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5590bc;
$custom-light: #8cb0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5590bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.631,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63119,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5590BC
secondary
#CCB3A0
accent
#8B55D3
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#F0F4F9
border
#CBCED2
text
#0D1014
muted
#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5590BC

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#5590BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva