#5AA5CD#5AA5CD

#5AA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.095 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5CD
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -11.83, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 29.94, 246.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0562 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.095 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6869, 33.4891, 62.6981)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5CD #CD825A

analogous

#5ACDBC #5AA5CD #5A6BCD

triadic

#5AA5CD #CD5AA5 #A5CD5A

tetradic

#5AA5CD #BC5ACD #CD825A #6BCD5A

square

#5AA5CD #BC5ACD #CD825A #6BCD5A

split-complementary

#5AA5CD #CD5A6B #CDBC5A

monochromatic

#286484 #3688B3 #5AA5CD #89BFDB #B8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#5AA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#5AA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5CD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5CD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.095 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfdc',
    500: '#5aa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5cd;
$custom-light: #91bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68941,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5CD

secondary

#D8BAAA

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5CD

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

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