#5AA5DD#5AA5DD

#5AA5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5DD
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -6.88, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 36.02, 258.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0508 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.112 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7179, 34.3015, 73.3946)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5DD #DD925A

analogous

#5ADDD3 #5AA5DD #5A63DD

triadic

#5AA5DD #DD5AA5 #A5DD5A

tetradic

#5AA5DD #D35ADD #DD925A #63DD5A

square

#5AA5DD #D35ADD #DD925A #63DD5A

split-complementary

#5AA5DD #DD5A63 #DDD35A

monochromatic

#20679C #2B89CF #5AA5DD #8DC1E7 #BFDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#5AA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#5AA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5DD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5DD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfe7',
    500: '#5aa5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5dd;
$custom-light: #93bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.649,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69666,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5DD

secondary

#E2C6B1

accent

#6618CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5DD

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

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