#5599BD#5599BD

#5599BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.088 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5599BD
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -11.18, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 27.59, 246.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0522 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.088 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3194, 28.3858, 52.3317)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5599BD #BD7955

analogous

#55BDAD #5599BD #5565BD

triadic

#5599BD #BD5599 #99BD55

tetradic

#5599BD #AD55BD #BD7955 #65BD55

square

#5599BD #AD55BD #BD7955 #65BD55

split-complementary

#5599BD #BD5565 #BDAD55

monochromatic

#2A566D #3C7999 #5599BD #81B3CE #ADCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#5599BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#5599BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5599BD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5599BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5599BD	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5599bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.088 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7d1',
    500: '#5599bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5599bd;
$custom-light: #8cb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5599bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65248,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5599BD

secondary

#CDB0A1

accent

#8054D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5599BD

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

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