#5591AE#5591AE

#5591AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.076 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5591AE
RGB	rgb(85, 145, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -11.28, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 24.03, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0483 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.076 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5089, 25.2363, 43.7738)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5591AE #AE7255

analogous

#55AE9E #5591AE #5564AE

triadic

#5591AE #AE5591 #91AE55

tetradic

#5591AE #9E55AE #AE7255 #64AE55

square

#5591AE #9E55AE #AE7255 #64AE55

split-complementary

#5591AE #AE5564 #AE9E55

monochromatic

#2C4D5D #406F86 #5591AE #7EACC2 #A8C7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#5591AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#5591AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5591AE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5591AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5591AE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5591ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 145, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.076 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb1c6',
    500: '#5591ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5591ae;
$custom-light: #8bb1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5591ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.551,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5591AE

secondary

#C3A99C

accent

#815CCB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F8

border

#CBCFD1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5591AE

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

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