#5AA5BB#5AA5BB

#5AA5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.081 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5BB
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -17.16, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 25.22, 227.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.063 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.081 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6378, 32.6695, 51.9062)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5BB #BB705A

analogous

#5ABBA1 #5AA5BB #5A75BB

triadic

#5AA5BB #BB5AA5 #A5BB5A

tetradic

#5AA5BB #A15ABB #BB705A #75BB5A

square

#5AA5BB #A15ABB #BB705A #75BB5A

split-complementary

#5AA5BB #BB5A75 #BBA15A

monochromatic

#2D5F6D #3F8499 #5AA5BB #85BDCD #B1D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#5AA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#5AA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5BB

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5BB	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.081 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfcf',
    500: '#5aa5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5bb;
$custom-light: #90bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.608,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68194,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5BB

secondary

#CDADA4

accent

#7256D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5BB

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

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