#5A9EAE#5A9EAE

#5A9EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.073 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9EAE
RGB	rgb(90, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -17.15, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 22.79, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0599 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.073 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0804, 29.6814, 44.4963)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9EAE #AE6A5A

analogous

#5AAE94 #5A9EAE #5A74AE

triadic

#5A9EAE #AE5A9E #9EAE5A

tetradic

#5A9EAE #945AAE #AE6A5A #74AE5A

square

#5A9EAE #945AAE #AE6A5A #74AE5A

split-complementary

#5A9EAE #AE5A74 #AE945A

monochromatic

#2F565F #437B88 #5A9EAE #83B6C2 #ACCED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#5A9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#5A9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9EAE

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9EAE	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.073 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebac6',
    500: '#5a9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9eae;
$custom-light: #8ebac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.07282,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9EAE

secondary

#C4A69F

accent

#725ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9EAE

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

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