#5599BE#5599BE

#5599BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.088 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5599BE
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -10.87, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 27.93, 247.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0518 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.088 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4283, 28.4293, 52.9053)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5599BE #BE7A55

analogous

#55BEAF #5599BE #5565BE

triadic

#5599BE #BE5599 #99BE55

tetradic

#5599BE #AF55BE #BE7A55 #65BE55

square

#5599BE #AF55BE #BE7A55 #65BE55

split-complementary

#5599BE #BE5565 #BEAF55

monochromatic

#2A566E #3B799B #5599BE #81B4CF #AECEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#5599BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#5599BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5599BE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5599BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5599BE	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8798C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5599be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.088 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7d1',
    500: '#5599be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5599be;
$custom-light: #8db7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5599be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65292,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5599BE

secondary

#CEB1A1

accent

#8153D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5599BE

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

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