#5996DE#5996DE

#5996DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996DE
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 1.76, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 42.58, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0352 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.125 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2063, 29.2079, 73.2443)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996DE #DEA159

analogous

#59D8DE #5996DE #5E59DE

triadic

#5996DE #DE5996 #96DE59

tetradic

#5996DE #DE59D8 #DEA159 #59DE5E

square

#5996DE #DE59D8 #DEA159 #59DE5E

split-complementary

#5996DE #DE5E59 #D8DE59

monochromatic

#1F599D #2976D0 #5996DE #8CB6E8 #BFD7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#5996DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#5996DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996DE

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996DE	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b4e8',
    500: '#5996de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996de;
$custom-light: #92b4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.481,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66337,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996DE

secondary

#E2CBB0

accent

#7A17CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996DE

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

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