#5996E9#5996E9

#5996E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.139 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996E9
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 5.37, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 48.10, 276.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0324 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.139 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7289, 29.8170, 81.2636)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996E9 #E9AC59

analogous

#59DEE9 #5996E9 #6459E9

triadic

#5996E9 #E95996 #96E959

tetradic

#5996E9 #E959DE #E9AC59 #59E964

square

#5996E9 #E959DE #E9AC59 #59E964

split-complementary

#5996E9 #E96459 #DEE959

monochromatic

#1758B0 #2374E2 #5996E9 #8FB8F0 #C5DAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#5996E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#5996E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5996E9

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996E9	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.139 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b4f0',
    500: '#5996e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996e9;
$custom-light: #94b4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66926,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996E9

secondary

#E9D3B5

accent

#820DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996E9

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

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