#5596AE#5596AE

#5596AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596AE
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -14.02, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 23.58, 233.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0543 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.076 224)
XYZ	xyz(22.2898, 26.7981, 44.0341)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5596AE #AE6D55

analogous

#55AE99 #5596AE #5569AE

triadic

#5596AE #AE5596 #96AE55

tetradic

#5596AE #9955AE #AE6D55 #69AE55

square

#5596AE #9955AE #AE6D55 #69AE55

split-complementary

#5596AE #AE5569 #AE9955

monochromatic

#2C4F5D #407386 #5596AE #7EB0C2 #A8C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5596AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#5596AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596AE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596AE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c6',
    500: '#5596ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596ae;
$custom-light: #8bb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.18,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63908,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596AE

secondary

#C3A69C

accent

#7A5CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596AE

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

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