#5596CD#5596CD

#5596CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.106 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596CD
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -4.50, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 34.83, 262.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0434 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.106 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6681, 28.1494, 61.8265)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596CD #CD8C55

analogous

#55CDC8 #5596CD #555ACD

triadic

#5596CD #CD5596 #96CD55

tetradic

#5596CD #C855CD #CD8C55 #5ACD55

square

#5596CD #C855CD #CD8C55 #5ACD55

split-complementary

#5596CD #CD555A #CDC855

monochromatic

#265882 #3478B1 #5596CD #84B3DB #B4D0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#5596CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#5596CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596CD

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596CD	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.106 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb4dc',
    500: '#5596cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596cd;
$custom-light: #8eb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65297,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596CD

secondary

#D7BDA6

accent

#8E4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596CD

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

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