#5490A8#5490A8

#5490A8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.072 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5490A8
RGB	rgb(84, 144, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -12.73, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 22.59, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0503 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.072 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6947, 24.6568, 40.7069)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5490A8 #A86C54

analogous

#54A896 #5490A8 #5466A8

triadic

#5490A8 #A85490 #90A854

tetradic

#5490A8 #9654A8 #A86C54 #66A854

square

#5490A8 #9654A8 #A86C54 #66A854

split-complementary

#5490A8 #A85466 #A89654

monochromatic

#2B4A56 #406D7F #5490A8 #7CABBD #A5C5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#5490A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#5490A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5490A8

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5490A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5490A8	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7784A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5490a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 144, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.072 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab0c2',
    500: '#5490a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5490a8;
$custom-light: #8ab0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5490a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5490A8

secondary

#BFA499

accent

#7D5EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5490A8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →