#5996CC#5996CC

#5996CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996CC
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -4.00, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 34.00, 263.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0405 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.103 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9213, 28.2939, 61.2103)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996CC #CC8F59

analogous

#59CCC8 #5996CC #595DCC

triadic

#5996CC #CC5996 #96CC59

tetradic

#5996CC #C859CC #CC8F59 #5DCC59

square

#5996CC #C859CC #CC8F59 #5DCC59

split-complementary

#5996CC #CC595D #CCC859

monochromatic

#285883 #3678B1 #5996CC #88B4DA #B7D1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#5996CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#5996CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996CC

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996CC	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b4db',
    500: '#5996cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996cc;
$custom-light: #90b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.174,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65433,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996CC

secondary

#D8BFA9

accent

#8F4BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996CC

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

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