#5597BE#5597BE

#5597BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5597BE
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -9.76, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 28.36, 249.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0495 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.089 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1037, 27.7801, 52.7971)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5597BE #BE7C55

analogous

#55BEB1 #5597BE #5563BE

triadic

#5597BE #BE5597 #97BE55

tetradic

#5597BE #B155BE #BE7C55 #63BE55

square

#5597BE #B155BE #BE7C55 #63BE55

split-complementary

#5597BE #BE5563 #BEB155

monochromatic

#2A556E #3B779B #5597BE #81B2CF #AECDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#5597BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#5597BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5597BE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5597BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5597BE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5597be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5d1',
    500: '#5597be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5597be;
$custom-light: #8cb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5597be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64827,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5597BE

secondary

#CEB2A1

accent

#8353D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5597BE

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

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