#5597AF#5597AF

#5597AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.076 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5597AF
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -14.27, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 23.78, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0551 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.076 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5479, 27.1578, 44.6029)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5597AF #AF6D55

analogous

#55AF9A #5597AF #556AAF

triadic

#5597AF #AF5597 #97AF55

tetradic

#5597AF #9A55AF #AF6D55 #6AAF55

square

#5597AF #9A55AF #AF6D55 #6AAF55

split-complementary

#5597AF #AF556A #AF9A55

monochromatic

#2C505E #407487 #5597AF #7FB0C3 #A8CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#5597AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#5597AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5597AF

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5597AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5597AF	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5597af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.076 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c7',
    500: '#5597af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5597af;
$custom-light: #8bb5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5597af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5597AF

secondary

#C4A79C

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5597AF

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

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