#5AA5BC#5AA5BC

#5AA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.082 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5BC
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -16.87, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 25.40, 228.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0626 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.082 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7452, 32.7125, 52.4719)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5BC #BC715A

analogous

#5ABCA2 #5AA5BC #5A74BC

triadic

#5AA5BC #BC5AA5 #A5BC5A

tetradic

#5AA5BC #A25ABC #BC715A #74BC5A

square

#5AA5BC #A25ABC #BC715A #74BC5A

split-complementary

#5AA5BC #BC5A74 #BCA25A

monochromatic

#2D5F6F #3F859A #5AA5BC #86BDCE #B1D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#5AA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#5AA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5BC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5BC	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.082 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfd0',
    500: '#5aa5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5bc;
$custom-light: #90bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.082,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.08173,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5BC

secondary

#CEAEA4

accent

#7356D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5BC

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

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