#5996E4#5996E4

#5996E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.133 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996E4
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 34.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 3.72, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 45.57, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0337 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.133 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0247, 29.5353, 77.5551)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996E4 #E4A759

analogous

#59DCE4 #5996E4 #6259E4

triadic

#5996E4 #E45996 #96E459

tetradic

#5996E4 #E459DC #E4A759 #59E462

square

#5996E4 #E459DC #E4A759 #59E462

split-complementary

#5996E4 #E46259 #DCE459

monochromatic

#1B59A7 #2475DB #5996E4 #8EB7ED #C2D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#5996E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#5996E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996E4

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996E4	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.133 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b4ed',
    500: '#5996e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996e4;
$custom-light: #93b4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.669,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66655,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996E4

secondary

#E6D0B3

accent

#7F11D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996E4

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

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