#5AA5EE#5AA5EE

#5AA5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5EE
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -1.44, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 43.56, 268.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0457 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.131 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0985, 35.2538, 85.9327)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5EE #EEA35A

analogous

#5AEEED #5AA5EE #5A5BEE

triadic

#5AA5EE #EE5AA5 #A5EE5A

tetradic

#5AA5EE #ED5AEE #EEA35A #5BEE5A

square

#5AA5EE #ED5AEE #EEA35A #5BEE5A

split-complementary

#5AA5EE #EE5A5B #EEED5A

monochromatic

#1368BA #2387E8 #5AA5EE #91C3F4 #C9E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5AA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#5AA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5EE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5EE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719AED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bff4',
    500: '#5aa5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5ee;
$custom-light: #95bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.595,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70498,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5EE

secondary

#ECD2B8

accent

#7108DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5EE

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

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