#5AA5E9#5AA5E9

#5AA5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AA5E9
RGBrgb(90, 165, 233)
HSLhsl(209, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(209, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.72, -3.06, -41.15)
CIE-LCHlch(65.72, 41.27, 265.75°)
OKLaboklab(70.25% -0.0471 -0.116)
OKLCHoklch(70.25% 0.125 247.9)
XYZxyz(32.3741, 34.9640, 82.1176)
Luminance0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AA5E9 #E99E5A
analogous
#5AE9E5 #5AA5E9 #5A5DE9
triadic
#5AA5E9 #E95AA5 #A5E95A
tetradic
#5AA5E9 #E55AE9 #E99E5A #5DE95A
square
#5AA5E9 #E55AE9 #E99E5A #5DE95A
split-complementary
#5AA5E9 #E95A5D #E9E55A
monochromatic
#1868B1 #2488E2 #5AA5E9 #90C2F0 #C6E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#5AA5E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#5AA5E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5E9
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AA5E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AA5E91.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A7EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7499E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5aa5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 247.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bff0',
    500: '#5aa5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5aa5e9;
$custom-light: #94bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5aa5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.531,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AA5E9
secondary
#E9CEB6
accent
#6E0DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#5AA5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva