#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
RGBrgb(86, 150, 178)
HSLhsl(198, 37%, 52%)
HSVhsv(198, 52%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(51.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(58.98, -12.61, -20.93)
CIE-LCHlch(58.98, 24.44, 238.93°)
OKLaboklab(64.12% -0.052 -0.0581)
OKLCHoklch(64.12% 0.078 228.2)
XYZxyz(22.7770, 27.0036, 46.1228)
Luminance0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##5696B21.003.286.406.40
#FFFFFF3.281.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4021.001.001.00
##0000006.4021.001.001.00

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

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#5696B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva