#5596BB#5596BB

#5596BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596BB
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -10.13, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 27.50, 248.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0494 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.087 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6190, 27.3298, 51.0346)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596BB #BB7A55

analogous

#55BBAD #5596BB #5563BB

triadic

#5596BB #BB5596 #96BB55

tetradic

#5596BB #AD55BB #BB7A55 #63BB55

square

#5596BB #AD55BB #BB7A55 #63BB55

split-complementary

#5596BB #BB5563 #BBAD55

monochromatic

#2B546B #3C7697 #5596BB #81B1CC #ACCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#5596BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#5596BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596BB

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596BB	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4cf',
    500: '#5596bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596bb;
$custom-light: #8cb4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.765,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596BB

secondary

#CCB0A0

accent

#8355D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596BB

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

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