#5AA5DC#5AA5DC

#5AA5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5DC
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -7.19, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 35.61, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0511 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.11 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5851, 34.2484, 72.6951)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5DC #DC915A

analogous

#5ADCD2 #5AA5DC #5A64DC

triadic

#5AA5DC #DC5AA5 #A5DC5A

tetradic

#5AA5DC #D25ADC #DC915A #64DC5A

square

#5AA5DC #D25ADC #DC915A #64DC5A

split-complementary

#5AA5DC #DC5A64 #DCD25A

monochromatic

#21679B #2C89CD #5AA5DC #8CC1E7 #BFDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#5AA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#5AA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5DC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5DC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfe7',
    500: '#5aa5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5dc;
$custom-light: #93bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69619,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5DC

secondary

#E2C5B0

accent

#6519CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5DC

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

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