#5AA3BD#5AA3BD

#5AA3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.082 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3BD
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -15.51, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 25.62, 232.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0599 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.082 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4955, 32.0399, 52.9223)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3BD #BD745A

analogous

#5ABDA6 #5AA3BD #5A71BD

triadic

#5AA3BD #BD5AA3 #A3BD5A

tetradic

#5AA3BD #A65ABD #BD745A #71BD5A

square

#5AA3BD #A65ABD #BD745A #71BD5A

split-complementary

#5AA3BD #BD5A71 #BDA65A

monochromatic

#2D5E70 #3E839C #5AA3BD #86BBCE #B1D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#5AA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#5AA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3BD

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3BD	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.082 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bed1',
    500: '#5aa3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3bd;
$custom-light: #90bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67805,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3BD

secondary

#CEAFA5

accent

#7655D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3BD

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

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