#5AA5D9#5AA5D9

#5AA5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.107 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5D9
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -8.13, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 34.38, 256.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0521 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.107 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1913, 34.0909, 70.6213)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5D9 #D98E5A

analogous

#5AD9CE #5AA5D9 #5A65D9

triadic

#5AA5D9 #D95AA5 #A5D95A

tetradic

#5AA5D9 #CE5AD9 #D98E5A #65D95A

square

#5AA5D9 #CE5AD9 #D98E5A #65D95A

split-complementary

#5AA5D9 #D95A65 #D9CE5A

monochromatic

#236796 #2E89C8 #5AA5D9 #8CC0E4 #BDDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#5AA5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#5AA5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5D9

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5D9	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.107 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfe5',
    500: '#5aa5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5d9;
$custom-light: #93bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.567,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6948,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5D9

secondary

#E0C3AF

accent

#631BCA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5D9

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

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