#5AA5BE#5AA5BE

#5AA5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.083 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5BE
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -16.29, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 25.80, 230.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0618 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.083 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9623, 32.7993, 53.6153)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5BE #BE735A

analogous

#5ABEA5 #5AA5BE #5A73BE

triadic

#5AA5BE #BE5AA5 #A5BE5A

tetradic

#5AA5BE #A55ABE #BE735A #73BE5A

square

#5AA5BE #A55ABE #BE735A #73BE5A

split-complementary

#5AA5BE #BE5A73 #BEA55A

monochromatic

#2D6071 #3E859D #5AA5BE #86BDCF #B2D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#5AA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#5AA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5BE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5BE	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)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.083 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfd1',
    500: '#5aa5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5be;
$custom-light: #90bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68313,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5BE

secondary

#CFAFA5

accent

#7455D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5BE

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

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