#5AA5EA#5AA5EA

#5AA5EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AA5EA
RGBrgb(90, 165, 234)
HSLhsl(209, 77%, 64%)
HSVhsv(209, 62%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.77, -2.74, -41.63)
CIE-LCHlch(65.77, 41.72, 266.24°)
OKLaboklab(70.3% -0.0468 -0.1174)
OKLCHoklch(70.3% 0.126 248.3)
XYZxyz(32.5174, 35.0213, 82.8721)
Luminance0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AA5EA #EA9F5A
analogous
#5AEAE7 #5AA5EA #5A5DEA
triadic
#5AA5EA #EA5AA5 #A5EA5A
tetradic
#5AA5EA #E75AEA #EA9F5A #5DEA5A
square
#5AA5EA #E75AEA #EA9F5A #5DEA5A
split-complementary
#5AA5EA #EA5A5D #EAE75A
monochromatic
#1768B3 #2487E3 #5AA5EA #90C3F1 #C7E0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#5AA5EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00
#5AA5EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5EA
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AA5EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AA5EA1.002.628.008.00
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0021.001.001.00
##0000008.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#87A8ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7499E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5aa5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 248.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bff1',
    500: '#5aa5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5aa5ea;
$custom-light: #95bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5aa5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70297,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AA5EA
secondary
#E9CFB6
accent
#6E0CDA
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#5AA5EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva