#5596CE#5596CE

#5596CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.107 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596CE
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -4.18, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 35.28, 263.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.043 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.107 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7892, 28.1979, 62.4642)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596CE #CE8D55

analogous

#55CECA #5596CE #555ACE

triadic

#5596CE #CE5596 #96CE55

tetradic

#5596CE #CA55CE #CE8D55 #5ACE55

square

#5596CE #CA55CE #CE8D55 #5ACE55

split-complementary

#5596CE #CE555A #CECA55

monochromatic

#265883 #3378B2 #5596CE #85B3DC #B4D1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#5596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#5596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596CE

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596CE	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.107 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb4dd',
    500: '#5596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596ce;
$custom-light: #8eb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65346,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596CE

secondary

#D8BEA7

accent

#8E49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596CE

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

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