#5AA4BB#5AA4BB

#5AA4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.081 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA4BB
RGB	rgb(90, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -16.63, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 25.20, 228.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0618 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.081 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4581, 32.3102, 51.8463)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA4BB #BB715A

analogous

#5ABBA2 #5AA4BB #5A74BB

triadic

#5AA4BB #BB5AA4 #A4BB5A

tetradic

#5AA4BB #A25ABB #BB715A #74BB5A

square

#5AA4BB #A25ABB #BB715A #74BB5A

split-complementary

#5AA4BB #BB5A74 #BBA25A

monochromatic

#2D5E6D #3F8499 #5AA4BB #85BCCD #B1D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#5AA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#5AA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA4BB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA4BB	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.081 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfcf',
    500: '#5aa4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa4bb;
$custom-light: #8fbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.227,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67959,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA4BB

secondary

#CDAEA4

accent

#7456D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA4BB

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

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