#5AA5E8#5AA5E8

#5AA5E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5E8
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -3.38, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 40.81, 265.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0474 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.124 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2317, 34.9071, 81.3674)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5E8 #E89D5A

analogous

#5AE8E4 #5AA5E8 #5A5EE8

triadic

#5AA5E8 #E85AA5 #A5E85A

tetradic

#5AA5E8 #E45AE8 #E89D5A #5EE85A

square

#5AA5E8 #E45AE8 #E89D5A #5EE85A

split-complementary

#5AA5E8 #E85A5E #E8E45A

monochromatic

#1868AF #2488E1 #5AA5E8 #90C2EF #C5E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#5AA5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#5AA5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5E8

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5E8	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfef',
    500: '#5aa5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5e8;
$custom-light: #94bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.31,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70197,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5E8

secondary

#E8CDB5

accent

#6D0ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5E8

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

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