#5A9CDC#5A9CDC

#5A9CDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5A9CDC
RGBrgb(90, 156, 220)
HSLhsl(210, 65%, 61%)
HSVhsv(210, 59%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(59.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.60, -2.14, -38.86)
CIE-LCHlch(62.60, 38.91, 266.85°)
OKLaboklab(67.61% -0.0414 -0.1094)
OKLCHoklch(67.61% 0.117 249.3)
XYZxyz(29.0185, 31.1153, 72.1729)
Luminance0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5A9CDC #DC9A5A
analogous
#5ADCDB #5A9CDC #5A5BDC
triadic
#5A9CDC #DC5A9C #9CDC5A
tetradic
#5A9CDC #DB5ADC #DC9A5A #5BDC5A
square
#5A9CDC #DB5ADC #DC9A5A #5BDC5A
split-complementary
#5A9CDC #DC5A5B #DCDB5A
monochromatic
#215F9B #2C7ECD #5A9CDC #8CBAE7 #BFD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#5A9CDC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22
#5A9CDC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9CDC
7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5A9CDC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5A9CDC1.002.917.227.22
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2221.001.001.00
##0000007.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#819EDF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7092DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ABB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5a9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 249.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b9e7',
    500: '#5a9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5a9cdc;
$custom-light: #93b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5a9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67605,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5A9CDC
secondary
#E2C9B0
accent
#7119CD
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1116
muted
#7E8084

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#5A9CDC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva