#5AA5CC#5AA5CC

#5AA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.094 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5CC
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -12.13, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 29.61, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0566 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.094 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5666, 33.4410, 62.0644)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5CC #CC815A

analogous

#5ACCBA #5AA5CC #5A6CCC

triadic

#5AA5CC #CC5AA5 #A5CC5A

tetradic

#5AA5CC #BA5ACC #CC815A #6CCC5A

square

#5AA5CC #BA5ACC #CC815A #6CCC5A

split-complementary

#5AA5CC #CC5A6C #CCBA5A

monochromatic

#296483 #3788B2 #5AA5CC #89BFDA #B7D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#5AA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#5AA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5CC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5CC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.094 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfdb',
    500: '#5aa5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5cc;
$custom-light: #91bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68897,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5CC

secondary

#D8BAAA

accent

#7D4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5CC

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

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