#5596E9#5596E9

#5596E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.141 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5596E9
RGB	rgb(85, 150, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 4.66, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 48.30, 275.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0355 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.141 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3553, 29.6243, 81.2460)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5596E9 #E9A855

analogous

#55E0E9 #5596E9 #5E55E9

triadic

#5596E9 #E95596 #96E955

tetradic

#5596E9 #E955E0 #E9A855 #55E95E

square

#5596E9 #E955E0 #E9A855 #55E95E

split-complementary

#5596E9 #E95E55 #E0E955

monochromatic

#1659AD #1F75E2 #5596E9 #8BB7F0 #C1D9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#5596E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#5596E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5596E9

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5596E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5596E9	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5596e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 150, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.141 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b4f0',
    500: '#5596e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5596e9;
$custom-light: #92b4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5596e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.649,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66749,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5596E9

secondary

#E8D0B2

accent

#7F0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5596E9

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

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