#5AA5E5#5AA5E5

#5AA5E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5E5
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 27.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -4.34, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 39.47, 263.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0483 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.121 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8092, 34.7381, 79.1423)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5E5 #E59A5A

analogous

#5AE5E0 #5AA5E5 #5A5FE5

triadic

#5AA5E5 #E55AA5 #A5E55A

tetradic

#5AA5E5 #E05AE5 #E59A5A #5FE55A

square

#5AA5E5 #E05AE5 #E59A5A #5FE55A

split-complementary

#5AA5E5 #E55A5F #E5E05A

monochromatic

#1B68AA #2588DD #5AA5E5 #8FC2ED #C4DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5AA5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#5AA5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5E5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5E5	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7699E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfed',
    500: '#5aa5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5e5;
$custom-light: #94bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.626,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7005,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5E5

secondary

#E7CBB4

accent

#6B11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5E5

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

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