#5996CD#5996CD

#5996CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996CD
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -3.69, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 34.46, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0402 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.104 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0416, 28.3421, 61.8440)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996CD #CD9059

analogous

#59CDCA #5996CD #595CCD

triadic

#5996CD #CD5996 #96CD59

tetradic

#5996CD #CA59CD #CD9059 #5CCD59

square

#5996CD #CA59CD #CD9059 #5CCD59

split-complementary

#5996CD #CD595C #CDCA59

monochromatic

#285884 #3678B3 #5996CD #88B4DB #B7D2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#5996CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#5996CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996CD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996CD	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b4dc',
    500: '#5996cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996cd;
$custom-light: #90b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.448,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65481,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996CD

secondary

#D8C0AA

accent

#904BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996CD

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

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