#5A9CD6#5A9CD6

#5A9CD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9CD6
RGB	rgb(90, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -4.04, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 36.16, 263.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0433 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.11 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2381, 30.8031, 68.0628)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9CD6 #D6945A

analogous

#5AD6D2 #5A9CD6 #5A5ED6

triadic

#5A9CD6 #D65A9C #9CD65A

tetradic

#5A9CD6 #D25AD6 #D6945A #5ED65A

square

#5A9CD6 #D25AD6 #D6945A #5ED65A

split-complementary

#5A9CD6 #D65A5E #D6D25A

monochromatic

#245E91 #307EC2 #5A9CD6 #8BB9E2 #BCD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#5A9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#5A9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9CD6

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9CD6	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b9e3',
    500: '#5a9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9cd6;
$custom-light: #92b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67311,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9CD6

secondary

#DEC4AE

accent

#8F44E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9CD6

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

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