#5AA5C8#5AA5C8

#5AA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.091 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5C8
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -13.34, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 28.35, 241.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.058 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.091 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0930, 33.2516, 59.5701)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5C8 #C87D5A

analogous

#5AC8B4 #5AA5C8 #5A6EC8

triadic

#5AA5C8 #C85AA5 #A5C85A

tetradic

#5AA5C8 #B45AC8 #C87D5A #6EC85A

square

#5AA5C8 #B45AC8 #C87D5A #6EC85A

split-complementary

#5AA5C8 #C85A6E #C8B45A

monochromatic

#2A637E #3987AC #5AA5C8 #88BED7 #B6D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#5AA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#5AA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5C8

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5C8	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.091 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfd8',
    500: '#5aa5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5c8;
$custom-light: #91bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5C8

secondary

#D5B7A8

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5C8

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

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