#5A9DCE#5A9DCE

#5A9DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.100 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9DCE
RGB	rgb(90, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -7.11, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 32.35, 257.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0469 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.1 242)
XYZ	xyz(27.4099, 30.7414, 62.8698)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9DCE #CE8B5A

analogous

#5ACEC5 #5A9DCE #5A63CE

triadic

#5A9DCE #CE5A9D #9DCE5A

tetradic

#5A9DCE #C55ACE #CE8B5A #63CE5A

square

#5A9DCE #C55ACE #CE8B5A #63CE5A

split-complementary

#5A9DCE #CE5A63 #CEC55A

monochromatic

#285E86 #367FB5 #5A9DCE #89B9DC #B8D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#5A9DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#5A9DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9DCE

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9DCE	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.100 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b9dd',
    500: '#5a9dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9dce;
$custom-light: #91b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.345,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.30744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9DCE

secondary

#D9BEAB

accent

#884ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9DCE

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

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