#5596CC#5596CC

#5596CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.105 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596CC
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -4.82, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 34.39, 261.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0437 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.105 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5478, 28.1013, 61.1928)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596CC #CC8B55

analogous

#55CCC7 #5596CC #555BCC

triadic

#5596CC #CC5596 #96CC55

tetradic

#5596CC #C755CC #CC8B55 #5BCC55

square

#5596CC #C755CC #CC8B55 #5BCC55

split-complementary

#5596CC #CC555B #CCC755

monochromatic

#265780 #3578AF #5596CC #84B3DA #B3D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#5596CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#5596CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596CC

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596CC	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.105 245.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.227,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65249,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596CC

secondary

#D7BCA6

accent

#8D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596CC

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

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