#5A8BCD#5A8BCD

#5A8BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.113 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A8BCD
RGB	rgb(90, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 2.89, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 39.18, 274.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.027 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.113 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4647, 25.0447, 61.2907)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A8BCD #CD9C5A

analogous

#5AC4CD #5A8BCD #635ACD

triadic

#5A8BCD #CD5A8B #8BCD5A

tetradic

#5A8BCD #CD5AC4 #CD9C5A #5ACD63

square

#5A8BCD #CD5AC4 #CD9C5A #5ACD63

split-complementary

#5A8BCD #CD635A #C4CD5A

monochromatic

#284F84 #366CB3 #5A8BCD #89ACDB #B8CDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#5A8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#5A8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A8BCD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A8BCD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.113 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91acdc',
    500: '#5a8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a8bcd;
$custom-light: #91acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A8BCD

secondary

#D8C5AA

accent

#9F4BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A8BCD

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

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