#5A9DBD#5A9DBD

#5A9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.083 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9DBD
RGB	rgb(90, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -12.27, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 26.14, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0529 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.083 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4553, 29.9596, 52.5756)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9DBD #BD7A5A

analogous

#5ABDAC #5A9DBD #5A6CBD

triadic

#5A9DBD #BD5A9D #9DBD5A

tetradic

#5A9DBD #AC5ABD #BD7A5A #6CBD5A

square

#5A9DBD #AC5ABD #BD7A5A #6CBD5A

split-complementary

#5A9DBD #BD5A6C #BDAC5A

monochromatic

#2D5A70 #3E7D9C #5A9DBD #86B7CE #B1D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#5A9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#5A9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9DBD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9DBD	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.083 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbad1',
    500: '#5a9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9dbd;
$custom-light: #8fbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66406,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9DBD

secondary

#CEB2A5

accent

#7E55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9DBD

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

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