#5A9DC0#5A9DC0

#5A9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.086 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9DC0
RGB	rgb(90, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -11.38, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 27.09, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0518 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.086 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7843, 30.0912, 54.3084)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9DC0 #C07D5A

analogous

#5AC0B0 #5A9DC0 #5A6AC0

triadic

#5A9DC0 #C05A9D #9DC05A

tetradic

#5A9DC0 #B05AC0 #C07D5A #6AC05A

square

#5A9DC0 #B05AC0 #C07D5A #6AC05A

split-complementary

#5A9DC0 #C05A6A #C0B05A

monochromatic

#2C5B73 #3D7EA0 #5A9DC0 #86B7D1 #B3D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#5A9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#5A9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9DC0

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9DC0	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.086 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bad3',
    500: '#5a9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9dc0;
$custom-light: #90bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.588,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9DC0

secondary

#D0B4A6

accent

#8053D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9DC0

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

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