#5AA5E7#5AA5E7

#5AA5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5E7
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -3.70, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 40.36, 264.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0477 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.123 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0901, 34.8504, 80.6215)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5E7 #E79C5A

analogous

#5AE7E2 #5AA5E7 #5A5EE7

triadic

#5AA5E7 #E75AA5 #A5E75A

tetradic

#5AA5E7 #E25AE7 #E79C5A #5EE75A

square

#5AA5E7 #E25AE7 #E79C5A #5EE75A

split-complementary

#5AA5E7 #E75A5E #E7E25A

monochromatic

#1968AD #2588DF #5AA5E7 #8FC2EF #C5DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#5AA5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#5AA5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5E7

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5E7	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfef',
    500: '#5aa5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5e7;
$custom-light: #94bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5E7

secondary

#E8CDB5

accent

#6C0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5E7

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

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