#5AA6E9#5AA6E9

#5AA6E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AA6E9
RGBrgb(90, 166, 233)
HSLhsl(208, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(208, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.00, -3.62, -40.71)
CIE-LCHlch(66.00, 40.87, 264.92°)
OKLaboklab(70.47% -0.0482 -0.1147)
OKLCHoklch(70.47% 0.124 247.2)
XYZxyz(32.5552, 35.3262, 82.1780)
Luminance0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AA6E9 #E99D5A
analogous
#5AE9E5 #5AA6E9 #5A5EE9
triadic
#5AA6E9 #E95AA6 #A6E95A
tetradic
#5AA6E9 #E55AE9 #E99D5A #5EE95A
square
#5AA6E9 #E55AE9 #E99D5A #5EE95A
split-complementary
#5AA6E9 #E95A5E #E9E55A
monochromatic
#1869B1 #2489E2 #5AA6E9 #90C3F0 #C6E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#5AA6E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07
#5AA6E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA6E9
8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AA6E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AA6E91.002.608.078.07
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0721.001.001.00
##0000008.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#89A8EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#769AE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5aa6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 247.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c0f0',
    500: '#5aa6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5aa6e9;
$custom-light: #94c0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5aa6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.112,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70468,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AA6E9
secondary
#E9CEB6
accent
#6C0DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#5AA6E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva