#5A9CE6#5A9CE6

#5A9CE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9CE6
RGB	rgb(90, 156, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 1.09, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 43.69, 271.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0386 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.129 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3827, 31.6609, 79.3576)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9CE6 #E6A45A

analogous

#5AE2E6 #5A9CE6 #5E5AE6

triadic

#5A9CE6 #E65A9C #9CE65A

tetradic

#5A9CE6 #E65AE2 #E6A45A #5AE65E

square

#5A9CE6 #E65AE2 #E6A45A #5AE65E

split-complementary

#5A9CE6 #E65E5A #E2E65A

monochromatic

#1A5FAC #257CDE #5A9CE6 #8FBCEE #C4DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#5A9CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#5A9CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9CE6

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9CE6	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A93E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b8ee',
    500: '#5a9ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9ce6;
$custom-light: #94b8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.714,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68114,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9CE6

secondary

#E7CFB5

accent

#7810D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9CE6

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

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