#5596BD#5596BD

#5596BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.089 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596BD
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -9.51, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 28.23, 250.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0487 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.089 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8346, 27.4160, 52.1700)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596BD #BD7C55

analogous

#55BDB0 #5596BD #5562BD

triadic

#5596BD #BD5596 #96BD55

tetradic

#5596BD #B055BD #BD7C55 #62BD55

square

#5596BD #B055BD #BD7C55 #62BD55

split-complementary

#5596BD #BD5562 #BDB055

monochromatic

#2A546D #3C7699 #5596BD #81B1CE #ADCCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#5596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#5596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596BD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596BD	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)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.089 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4d1',
    500: '#5596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596bd;
$custom-light: #8cb4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596BD

secondary

#CDB1A1

accent

#8454D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596BD

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

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