#5596BC#5596BC

#5596BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.088 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596BC
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -9.82, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 27.86, 249.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0491 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.088 236)
XYZ	xyz(23.7264, 27.3728, 51.6003)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596BC #BC7B55

analogous

#55BCAE #5596BC #5562BC

triadic

#5596BC #BC5596 #96BC55

tetradic

#5596BC #AE55BC #BC7B55 #62BC55

square

#5596BC #AE55BC #BC7B55 #62BC55

split-complementary

#5596BC #BC5562 #BCAE55

monochromatic

#2B546C #3C7698 #5596BC #81B1CD #ADCCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#5596BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#5596BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596BC

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596BC	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.088 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4d0',
    500: '#5596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596bc;
$custom-light: #8cb4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.136,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64506,
    "c": 0.08772,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596BC

secondary

#CCB1A0

accent

#8355D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596BC

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

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