#5A9ECD#5A9ECD

#5A9ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.098 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9ECD
RGB	rgb(90, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -7.98, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 31.64, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0484 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.098 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4587, 31.0327, 62.2887)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9ECD #CD895A

analogous

#5ACDC2 #5A9ECD #5A64CD

triadic

#5A9ECD #CD5A9E #9ECD5A

tetradic

#5A9ECD #C25ACD #CD895A #64CD5A

square

#5A9ECD #C25ACD #CD895A #64CD5A

split-complementary

#5A9ECD #CD5A64 #CDC25A

monochromatic

#285F84 #3680B3 #5A9ECD #89BADB #B8D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#5A9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#5A9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9ECD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9ECD	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.098 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91badc',
    500: '#5a9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9ecd;
$custom-light: #91badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9ECD

secondary

#D8BDAA

accent

#874BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9ECD

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

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