#5490A6#5490A6

#5490A6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.071 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5490A6
RGB	rgb(84, 144, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -13.32, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 22.10, 232.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.051 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.071 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5098, 24.5829, 39.7332)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5490A6 #A66A54

analogous

#54A693 #5490A6 #5467A6

triadic

#5490A6 #A65490 #90A654

tetradic

#5490A6 #9354A6 #A66A54 #67A654

square

#5490A6 #9354A6 #A66A54 #67A654

split-complementary

#5490A6 #A65467 #A69354

monochromatic

#2B4955 #3F6D7D #5490A6 #7BABBC #A4C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#5490A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#5490A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5490A6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5490A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5490A6	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7784A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5490a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 144, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.071 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b0c0',
    500: '#5490a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5490a6;
$custom-light: #89b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5490a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62111,
    "c": 0.0706,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5490A6

secondary

#BEA298

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5490A6

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

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