#5A96AE#5A96AE

#5A96AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.072 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A96AE
RGB	rgb(90, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -12.84, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 22.60, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0503 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.072 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7600, 27.0406, 44.0562)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A96AE #AE725A

analogous

#5AAE9C #5A96AE #5A6CAE

triadic

#5A96AE #AE5A96 #96AE5A

tetradic

#5A96AE #9C5AAE #AE725A #6CAE5A

square

#5A96AE #9C5AAE #AE725A #6CAE5A

split-complementary

#5A96AE #AE5A6C #AE9C5A

monochromatic

#2F515F #437488 #5A96AE #83B0C2 #ACCAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5A96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#5A96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A96AE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A96AE	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.072 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5c6',
    500: '#5a96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a96ae;
$custom-light: #8eb5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64149,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A96AE

secondary

#C4AA9F

accent

#7D5ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A96AE

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

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