#5596CB#5596CB

#5596CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.104 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596CB
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -5.14, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 33.94, 261.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.044 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.104 245)
XYZ	xyz(25.4282, 28.0535, 60.5632)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596CB #CB8A55

analogous

#55CBC5 #5596CB #555BCB

triadic

#5596CB #CB5596 #96CB55

tetradic

#5596CB #C555CB #CB8A55 #5BCB55

square

#5596CB #C555CB #CB8A55 #5BCB55

split-complementary

#5596CB #CB555B #CBC555

monochromatic

#27577F #3578AE #5596CB #84B3D9 #B3D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5596CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#5596CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596CB

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596CB	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.104 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb4db',
    500: '#5596cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596cb;
$custom-light: #8eb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.949,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.28056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596CB

secondary

#D6BBA6

accent

#8D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596CB

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

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