#5996BF#5996BF

#5996BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.088 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996BF
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -8.03, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 28.45, 253.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0448 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.088 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4267, 27.6961, 53.3388)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996BF #BF8259

analogous

#59BFB5 #5996BF #5963BF

triadic

#5996BF #BF5996 #96BF59

tetradic

#5996BF #B559BF #BF8259 #63BF59

square

#5996BF #B559BF #BF8259 #63BF59

split-complementary

#5996BF #BF5963 #BFB559

monochromatic

#2C5672 #3D779E #5996BF #85B2D0 #B1CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#5996BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#5996BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996BF

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996BF	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.088 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb4d2',
    500: '#5996bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996bf;
$custom-light: #8fb4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.118,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64828,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996BF

secondary

#CFB6A4

accent

#8754D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996BF

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

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