#5996FF#5996FF

#5996FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.168 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5996FF
RGB	rgb(89, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(218, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 12.72, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 59.46, 282.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0276 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.168 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0698, 31.1533, 98.8588)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5996FF #FFC259

analogous

#59E9FF #5996FF #6F59FF

triadic

#5996FF #FF5996 #96FF59

tetradic

#5996FF #FF59E9 #FFC259 #59FF6F

square

#5996FF #FF59E9 #FFC259 #59FF6F

split-complementary

#5996FF #FF6F59 #E9FF59

monochromatic

#0051DE #1C6FFF #5996FF #96BDFF #D3E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#5996FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#5996FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5996FF

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5996FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5996FF	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65A0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B90FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5996ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.168 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b4ff',
    500: '#5996ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5996ff;
$custom-light: #97b4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5996ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.952,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5996FF

secondary

#F4E1C0

accent

#9100E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F3F6FF

border

#CDD0D7

text

#0F1118

muted

#7F8086

Preview Lab

Preview with #5996FF

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

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