#5696B2#5696B2

#5696B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.078 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5696B2
RGB	rgb(86, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -12.61, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 24.44, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.052 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.078 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7770, 27.0036, 46.1228)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5696B2 #B27256

analogous

#56B2A0 #5696B2 #5668B2

triadic

#5696B2 #B25696 #96B256

tetradic

#5696B2 #A056B2 #B27256 #68B256

square

#5696B2 #A056B2 #B27256 #68B256

split-complementary

#5696B2 #B25668 #B2A056

monochromatic

#2C5161 #3F748B #5696B2 #80B0C5 #AACAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5696B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#5696B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5696B2

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5696B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5696B2	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5696b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.078 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4c9',
    500: '#5696b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5696b2;
$custom-light: #8cb4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5696b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.07794,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5696B2

secondary

#C6AA9E

accent

#7D5ACD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5696B2

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

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