#5996D5#5996D5

#5996D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996D5
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 213)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -1.14, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 38.20, 268.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0378 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.114 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0321, 28.7382, 67.0604)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996D5 #D59859

analogous

#59D4D5 #5996D5 #5A59D5

triadic

#5996D5 #D55996 #96D559

tetradic

#5996D5 #D559D4 #D59859 #59D55A

square

#5996D5 #D559D4 #D59859 #59D55A

split-complementary

#5996D5 #D55A59 #D4D559

monochromatic

#24598F #3177C0 #5996D5 #8AB5E1 #BBD4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#5996D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#5996D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996D5

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996D5	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C99D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b4e2',
    500: '#5996d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996d5;
$custom-light: #91b4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.484,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65875,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996D5

secondary

#DDC5AD

accent

#9545E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996D5

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

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