#5AA3BE#5AA3BE

#5AA3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.083 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3BE
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -15.22, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 25.85, 233.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0595 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.083 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6044, 32.0835, 53.4959)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3BE #BE755A

analogous

#5ABEA7 #5AA3BE #5A71BE

triadic

#5AA3BE #BE5AA3 #A3BE5A

tetradic

#5AA3BE #A75ABE #BE755A #71BE5A

square

#5AA3BE #A75ABE #BE755A #71BE5A

split-complementary

#5AA3BE #BE5A71 #BEA75A

monochromatic

#2D5F71 #3E839D #5AA3BE #86BBCF #B2D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#5AA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#5AA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3BE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3BE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.083 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bed1',
    500: '#5aa3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3be;
$custom-light: #90bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67845,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3BE

secondary

#CFB0A5

accent

#7755D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3BE

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

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