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Dynamic Geneva

#5888fe
Notes

Dynamic Geneva (#5888FE) is a true azure with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (223°, 99%, 67%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#5888fe
RGB
rgb(88, 136, 254)
HSL
hsl(223, 99%, 67%)
HWB
hwb(223 35% 0%)
OKLCH
oklch(65.2% 0.183 265.1)
HSV
hsv(223, 65%, 100%)
LAB
lab(58.82% 20.60 -63.64)
LCH
lch(58.82% 66.89 287.93)
CMYK
cmyk(65%, 46%, 0%, 0%)

Etymology

Dynamic
adjective

From the Greek dynamis, power — used as a color modifier since the late nineteenth century for hues that read as energetic and active. Dynamic red, dynamic orange: the implication is saturation combined with optical motion. Sits at the bright-bucket center alongside vibrant and lively.

Geneva
noun

Lake Geneva — Lac Léman in French — the largest Alpine lake, between Switzerland and France. Geneva color refers to Lake Geneva water at Montreux in midsummer: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the optical depth of Alpine glacier-fed lake.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#5888fe
Original
#4b96ff
Protanopia
#2986fc
Deuteranopia
#00a3b7
Tritanopia
#868686
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
3.30:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
6.37:1

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