#5996ED#5996ED

#5996ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.145 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996ED
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, 6.69, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 50.14, 277.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0315 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.145 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3068, 30.0481, 84.3071)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5996ED #EDB059

analogous

#59E0ED #5996ED #6659ED

triadic

#5996ED #ED5996 #96ED59

tetradic

#5996ED #ED59E0 #EDB059 #59ED66

square

#5996ED #ED59E0 #EDB059 #59ED66

split-complementary

#5996ED #ED6659 #E0ED59

monochromatic

#1457B8 #2273E7 #5996ED #90B9F3 #C7DCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#5996ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#5996ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5996ED

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996ED	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.145 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b4f3',
    500: '#5996ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996ed;
$custom-light: #94b4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.27,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67146,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996ED

secondary

#EBD5B7

accent

#8509DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996ED

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

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