#5AA0DD#5AA0DD

#5AA0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.115 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA0DD
RGB	rgb(90, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -4.08, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 37.79, 263.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0454 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.115 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8336, 32.5330, 73.0999)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA0DD #DD975A

analogous

#5ADDD8 #5AA0DD #5A5EDD

triadic

#5AA0DD #DD5AA0 #A0DD5A

tetradic

#5AA0DD #D85ADD #DD975A #5EDD5A

square

#5AA0DD #D85ADD #DD975A #5EDD5A

split-complementary

#5AA0DD #DD5A5E #DDD85A

monochromatic

#20639C #2B83CF #5AA0DD #8DBDE7 #BFDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#5AA0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#5AA0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA0DD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA0DD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.115 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbe8',
    500: '#5aa0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa0dd;
$custom-light: #93bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.939,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68545,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA0DD

secondary

#E2C8B1

accent

#6D18CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA0DD

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

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