#5596BF#5596BF

#5596BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.091 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596BF
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -8.90, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 28.98, 252.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.048 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.091 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0532, 27.5035, 53.3213)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596BF #BF7E55

analogous

#55BFB3 #5596BF #5561BF

triadic

#5596BF #BF5596 #96BF55

tetradic

#5596BF #B355BF #BF7E55 #61BF55

square

#5596BF #B355BF #BF7E55 #61BF55

split-complementary

#5596BF #BF5561 #BFB355

monochromatic

#2A5570 #3B769C #5596BF #81B1D0 #AECDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#5596BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#5596BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596BF

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596BF	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.091 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db4d2',
    500: '#5596bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596bf;
$custom-light: #8db4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.208,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64641,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596BF

secondary

#CEB3A1

accent

#8553D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596BF

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

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