#5AA3CD#5AA3CD

#5AA3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3CD
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -10.74, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 30.36, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.054 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.096 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3290, 32.7733, 62.5788)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3CD #CD845A

analogous

#5ACDBD #5AA3CD #5A69CD

triadic

#5AA3CD #CD5AA3 #A3CD5A

tetradic

#5AA3CD #BD5ACD #CD845A #69CD5A

square

#5AA3CD #BD5ACD #CD845A #69CD5A

split-complementary

#5AA3CD #CD5A69 #CDBD5A

monochromatic

#286384 #3686B3 #5AA3CD #89BDDB #B8D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#5AA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#5AA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3CD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3CD	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bedc',
    500: '#5aa3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3cd;
$custom-light: #91bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68482,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3CD

secondary

#D8BBAA

accent

#804BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3CD

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

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