#5596AF#5596AF

#5596AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596AF
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -13.73, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 23.82, 234.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0539 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.076 225)
XYZ	xyz(22.3876, 26.8373, 44.5495)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596AF #AF6E55

analogous

#55AF9B #5596AF #5569AF

triadic

#5596AF #AF5596 #96AF55

tetradic

#5596AF #9B55AF #AF6E55 #69AF55

square

#5596AF #9B55AF #AF6E55 #69AF55

split-complementary

#5596AF #AF5569 #AF9B55

monochromatic

#2C505E #407387 #5596AF #7FB0C3 #A8C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5596AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#5596AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596AF

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596AF	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c7',
    500: '#5596af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596af;
$custom-light: #8bb5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63949,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.26839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596AF

secondary

#C4A79C

accent

#7B5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596AF

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

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