#5A99BC#5A99BC

#5A99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.083 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A99BC
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -10.38, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 26.48, 246.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0486 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.083 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6815, 28.5849, 51.7840)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A99BC #BC7D5A

analogous

#5ABCAE #5A99BC #5A68BC

triadic

#5A99BC #BC5A99 #99BC5A

tetradic

#5A99BC #AE5ABC #BC7D5A #68BC5A

square

#5A99BC #AE5ABC #BC7D5A #68BC5A

split-complementary

#5A99BC #BC5A68 #BCAE5A

monochromatic

#2D576F #3F799A #5A99BC #86B4CE #B1CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#5A99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#5A99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A99BC

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A99BC	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.083 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb7d0',
    500: '#5a99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a99bc;
$custom-light: #8fb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65436,
    "c": 0.08341,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A99BC

secondary

#CEB3A4

accent

#8256D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A99BC

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

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