#5AA3BF#5AA3BF

#5AA3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.084 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3BF
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -14.93, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 26.09, 235.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0591 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.084 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7141, 32.1273, 54.0735)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3BF #BF765A

analogous

#5ABFA9 #5AA3BF #5A70BF

triadic

#5AA3BF #BF5AA3 #A3BF5A

tetradic

#5AA3BF #A95ABF #BF765A #70BF5A

square

#5AA3BF #A95ABF #BF765A #70BF5A

split-complementary

#5AA3BF #BF5A70 #BFA95A

monochromatic

#2C5F72 #3D839E #5AA3BF #86BCD0 #B2D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#5AA3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#5AA3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3BF

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3BF	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.084 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bed2',
    500: '#5aa3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3bf;
$custom-light: #90bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.08378,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3BF

secondary

#D0B1A5

accent

#7754D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3BF

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

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