#5A9CDD#5A9CDD

#5A9CDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9CDD
RGB	rgb(90, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -1.82, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 39.38, 267.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0411 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.118 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1513, 31.1684, 72.8725)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9CDD #DD9B5A

analogous

#5ADDDC #5A9CDD #5A5ADD

triadic

#5A9CDD #DD5A9C #9CDD5A

tetradic

#5A9CDD #DC5ADD #DD9B5A #5ADD5A

square

#5A9CDD #DC5ADD #DD9B5A #5ADD5A

split-complementary

#5A9CDD #DD5A5A #DDDC5A

monochromatic

#205F9C #2B7ECF #5A9CDD #8DBAE7 #BFD9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#5A9CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#5A9CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9CDD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9CDD	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F92DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b9e8',
    500: '#5a9cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9cdd;
$custom-light: #93b9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.771,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67655,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9CDD

secondary

#E2C9B1

accent

#7218CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9CDD

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

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