#5996DB#5996DB

#5996DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.121 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996DB
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(212, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 0.79, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 41.10, 271.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0361 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.121 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8078, 29.0485, 71.1456)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996DB #DB9E59

analogous

#59D7DB #5996DB #5D59DB

triadic

#5996DB #DB5996 #96DB59

tetradic

#5996DB #DB59D7 #DB9E59 #59DB5D

square

#5996DB #DB59D7 #DB9E59 #59DB5D

split-complementary

#5996DB #DB5D59 #D7DB59

monochromatic

#215999 #2C77CB #5996DB #8BB6E6 #BED6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#5996DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#5996DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996DB

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996DB	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.121 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b4e6',
    500: '#5996db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996db;
$custom-light: #92b4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.846,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66181,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996DB

secondary

#E1C9AF

accent

#7819CC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996DB

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

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