#5996F8#5996F8

#5996F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.159 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996F8
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 10.36, -54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 55.82, 280.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.029 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.159 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9634, 30.7108, 93.0320)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996F8 #F8BB59

analogous

#59E6F8 #5996F8 #6B59F8

triadic

#5996F8 #F85996 #96F859

tetradic

#5996F8 #F859E6 #F8BB59 #59F86B

square

#5996F8 #F859E6 #F8BB59 #59F86B

split-complementary

#5996F8 #F86B59 #E6F859

monochromatic

#0954CE #1E71F6 #5996F8 #94BBFA #CEE0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#5996F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#5996F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5996F8

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996F8	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9FFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5290F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.159 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4fb',
    500: '#5996f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996f8;
$custom-light: #96b4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.981,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996F8

secondary

#F1DCBC

accent

#8D00E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F6FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0F1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996F8

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

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