#5AA5BF#5AA5BF

#5AA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.084 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5BF
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -16.00, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 26.01, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0614 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.084 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0720, 32.8432, 54.1928)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5BF #BF745A

analogous

#5ABFA7 #5AA5BF #5A72BF

triadic

#5AA5BF #BF5AA5 #A5BF5A

tetradic

#5AA5BF #A75ABF #BF745A #72BF5A

square

#5AA5BF #A75ABF #BF745A #72BF5A

split-complementary

#5AA5BF #BF5A72 #BFA75A

monochromatic

#2C6072 #3D859E #5AA5BF #86BDD0 #B2D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5AA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#5AA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5BF

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5BF	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.084 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfd2',
    500: '#5aa5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5bf;
$custom-light: #90bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68353,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5BF

secondary

#D0B0A5

accent

#7554D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5BF

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

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