#5AA5D8#5AA5D8

#5AA5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5D8
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -8.44, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 33.99, 255.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0524 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.106 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0616, 34.0390, 69.9384)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5D8 #D88D5A

analogous

#5AD8CC #5AA5D8 #5A66D8

triadic

#5AA5D8 #D85AA5 #A5D85A

tetradic

#5AA5D8 #CC5AD8 #D88D5A #66D85A

square

#5AA5D8 #CC5AD8 #D88D5A #66D85A

split-complementary

#5AA5D8 #D85A66 #D8CC5A

monochromatic

#236795 #2F89C6 #5AA5D8 #8BC0E4 #BDDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#5AA5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#5AA5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5D8

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5D8	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfe4',
    500: '#5aa5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5d8;
$custom-light: #92bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5D8

secondary

#DFC2AF

accent

#8443E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5D8

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

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