#5591E2#5591E2

#5591E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.137 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5591E2
RGBrgb(85, 145, 226)
HSLhsl(214, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(214, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 35.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(59.59, 5.26, -46.95)
CIE-LCHlch(59.59, 47.24, 276.39°)
OKLaboklab(65.28% -0.0322 -0.1331)
OKLCHoklch(65.28% 0.137 256.4)
XYZxyz(27.5943, 27.6705, 75.8235)
Luminance0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5591E2 #E2A655
analogous
#55D7E2 #5591E2 #5F55E2
triadic
#5591E2 #E25591 #91E255
tetradic
#5591E2 #E255D7 #E2A655 #55E25F
square
#5591E2 #E255D7 #E2A655 #55E25F
split-complementary
#5591E2 #E25F55 #D7E255
monochromatic
#1B54A1 #2470D5 #5591E2 #89B3EB #BED5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21
#5591E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53
#5591E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5591E2
6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5591E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5591E21.003.216.536.53
#FFFFFF3.211.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5321.001.001.00
##0000006.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E97E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B89E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A3AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5591e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 145, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.137 256.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b0eb',
    500: '#5591e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5591e2;
$custom-light: #91b0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5591e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5591E2
secondary
#E4CDAF
accent
#8113D3
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1016
muted
#7E7F84

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#5591E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva