#5990BF#5990BF

#5990BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.092 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5990BF
RGB	rgb(89, 144, 191)
HSL	hsl(208, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -4.64, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 30.34, 261.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0378 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.092 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4937, 25.8300, 53.0278)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5990BF #BF8859

analogous

#59BFBB #5990BF #595DBF

triadic

#5990BF #BF5990 #90BF59

tetradic

#5990BF #BB59BF #BF8859 #5DBF59

square

#5990BF #BB59BF #BF8859 #5DBF59

split-complementary

#5990BF #BF595D #BFBB59

monochromatic

#2C5272 #3D719E #5990BF #85AED0 #B1CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5990BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#5990BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5990BF

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5990BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5990BF	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C91C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5990bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 144, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.092 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb0d2',
    500: '#5990bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5990bf;
$custom-light: #8fb0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5990bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63455,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5990BF

secondary

#CFB8A4

accent

#8F54D4

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5990BF

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

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