#5AA6DD#5AA6DD

#5AA6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA6DD
RGB	rgb(90, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -7.43, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 35.70, 257.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0519 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.111 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8990, 34.6637, 73.4550)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA6DD #DD915A

analogous

#5ADDD2 #5AA6DD #5A64DD

triadic

#5AA6DD #DD5AA6 #A6DD5A

tetradic

#5AA6DD #D25ADD #DD915A #64DD5A

square

#5AA6DD #D25ADD #DD915A #64DD5A

split-complementary

#5AA6DD #DD5A64 #DDD25A

monochromatic

#20689C #2B8ACF #5AA6DD #8DC1E7 #BFDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5AA6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#5AA6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA6DD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA6DD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0e7',
    500: '#5aa6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa6dd;
$custom-light: #93c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.191,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA6DD

secondary

#E2C5B1

accent

#6418CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA6DD

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

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