#5AA5E6#5AA5E6

#5AA5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5E6
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -4.02, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 39.91, 264.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.048 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.122 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9492, 34.7941, 79.8798)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5E6 #E69B5A

analogous

#5AE6E1 #5AA5E6 #5A5FE6

triadic

#5AA5E6 #E65AA5 #A5E65A

tetradic

#5AA5E6 #E15AE6 #E69B5A #5FE65A

square

#5AA5E6 #E15AE6 #E69B5A #5FE65A

split-complementary

#5AA5E6 #E65A5F #E6E15A

monochromatic

#1A68AC #2588DE #5AA5E6 #8FC2EE #C4DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5AA5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#5AA5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5E6

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5E6	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7699E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfee',
    500: '#5aa5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5e6;
$custom-light: #94bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5E6

secondary

#E7CCB5

accent

#6C10D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5E6

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

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