#5A8EA5#5A8EA5

#5A8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.065 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A8EA5
RGB	rgb(90, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(198, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -11.01, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 20.73, 237.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0439 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.065 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6786, 24.2348, 39.1781)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A8EA5 #A5715A

analogous

#5AA597 #5A8EA5 #5A68A5

triadic

#5A8EA5 #A55A8E #8EA55A

tetradic

#5A8EA5 #975AA5 #A5715A #68A55A

square

#5A8EA5 #975AA5 #A5715A #68A55A

split-complementary

#5A8EA5 #A55A68 #A5975A

monochromatic

#2F4A56 #446C7D #5A8EA5 #82A9BB #A9C4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#5A8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#5A8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A8EA5

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A8EA5	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.065 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafbf',
    500: '#5a8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a8ea5;
$custom-light: #8dafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61902,
    "c": 0.06543,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A8EA5

secondary

#BEA79D

accent

#8162C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A8EA5

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

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