#5A9CD9#5A9CD9

#5A9CD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.113 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9CD9
RGB	rgb(90, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -3.09, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 37.53, 265.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0423 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.113 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6247, 30.9578, 70.0991)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9CD9 #D9975A

analogous

#5AD9D7 #5A9CD9 #5A5CD9

triadic

#5A9CD9 #D95A9C #9CD95A

tetradic

#5A9CD9 #D75AD9 #D9975A #5CD95A

square

#5A9CD9 #D75AD9 #D9975A #5CD95A

split-complementary

#5A9CD9 #D95A5C #D9D75A

monochromatic

#235F96 #2E7EC8 #5A9CD9 #8CBAE4 #BDD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#5A9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#5A9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9CD9

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9CD9	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.113 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b9e5',
    500: '#5a9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9cd9;
$custom-light: #92b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.819,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67457,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9CD9

secondary

#E0C6AF

accent

#6F1BCA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9CD9

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

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