#5596AC#5596AC

#5596AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.074 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596AC
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -14.60, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 23.13, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0551 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.074 222)
XYZ	xyz(22.0963, 26.7207, 43.0149)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596AC #AC6B55

analogous

#55AC96 #5596AC #556BAC

triadic

#5596AC #AC5596 #96AC55

tetradic

#5596AC #9655AC #AC6B55 #6BAC55

square

#5596AC #9655AC #AC6B55 #6BAC55

split-complementary

#5596AC #AC556B #AC9655

monochromatic

#2C4F5A #407384 #5596AC #7EAFC0 #A7C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5596AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#5596AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596AC

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596AC	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.074 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c4',
    500: '#5596ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596ac;
$custom-light: #8bb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.172,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.26723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596AC

secondary

#C2A59B

accent

#795DCA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596AC

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

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