#5696AE#5696AE

#5696AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.075 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5696AE
RGB	rgb(86, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -13.79, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 23.39, 233.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0535 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.075 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3812, 26.8453, 44.0384)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5696AE #AE6E56

analogous

#56AE9A #5696AE #566AAE

triadic

#5696AE #AE5696 #96AE56

tetradic

#5696AE #9A56AE #AE6E56 #6AAE56

square

#5696AE #9A56AE #AE6E56 #6AAE56

split-complementary

#5696AE #AE566A #AE9A56

monochromatic

#2D505D #407386 #5696AE #7FB0C2 #A9C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5696AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#5696AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5696AE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5696AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5696AE	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5696ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.075 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5c6',
    500: '#5696ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5696ae;
$custom-light: #8bb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5696ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63955,
    "c": 0.07483,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5696AE

secondary

#C3A79C

accent

#7B5DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5696AE

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

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