#5597AE#5597AE

#5597AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.076 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5597AE
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -14.56, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 23.55, 231.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0555 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.076 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4500, 27.1186, 44.0876)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5597AE #AE6C55

analogous

#55AE98 #5597AE #556AAE

triadic

#5597AE #AE5597 #97AE55

tetradic

#5597AE #9855AE #AE6C55 #6AAE55

square

#5597AE #9855AE #AE6C55 #6AAE55

split-complementary

#5597AE #AE556A #AE9855

monochromatic

#2C505D #407486 #5597AE #7EB0C2 #A8CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5597AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#5597AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5597AE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5597AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5597AE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5597ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.076 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c6',
    500: '#5597ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5597ae;
$custom-light: #8bb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5597ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64145,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5597AE

secondary

#C3A69C

accent

#795CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5597AE

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

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