#5596D9#5596D9

#5596D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596D9
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 217)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -0.62, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 40.41, 269.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0398 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.121 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1725, 28.7512, 69.7498)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596D9 #D99855

analogous

#55D8D9 #5596D9 #5655D9

triadic

#5596D9 #D95596 #96D955

tetradic

#5596D9 #D955D8 #D99855 #55D956

square

#5596D9 #D955D8 #D99855 #55D956

split-complementary

#5596D9 #D95655 #D8D955

monochromatic

#215993 #2C77C5 #5596D9 #87B5E4 #B9D4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#5596D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#5596D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596D9

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596D9	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7999DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b4e5',
    500: '#5596d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596d9;
$custom-light: #90b4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65897,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596D9

secondary

#DFC5AB

accent

#9541E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596D9

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

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