#5AA6BF#5AA6BF

#5AA6BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.084 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA6BF
RGB	rgb(90, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -16.53, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 25.99, 230.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0625 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.084 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2530, 33.2053, 54.2532)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA6BF #BF735A

analogous

#5ABFA5 #5AA6BF #5A74BF

triadic

#5AA6BF #BF5AA6 #A6BF5A

tetradic

#5AA6BF #A55ABF #BF735A #74BF5A

square

#5AA6BF #A55ABF #BF735A #74BF5A

split-complementary

#5AA6BF #BF5A74 #BFA55A

monochromatic

#2C6172 #3D869E #5AA6BF #86BED0 #B2D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#5AA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#5AA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA6BF

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA6BF	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.084 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0d2',
    500: '#5aa6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa6bf;
$custom-light: #90c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68587,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA6BF

secondary

#D0B0A5

accent

#7454D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA6BF

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

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