#5AA8BB#5AA8BB

#5AA8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.082 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8BB
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -18.73, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 25.40, 222.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0664 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.082 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1853, 33.7644, 52.0887)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8BB #BB6D5A

analogous

#5ABB9E #5AA8BB #5A78BB

triadic

#5AA8BB #BB5AA8 #A8BB5A

tetradic

#5AA8BB #9E5ABB #BB6D5A #78BB5A

square

#5AA8BB #9E5ABB #BB6D5A #78BB5A

split-complementary

#5AA8BB #BB5A78 #BB9E5A

monochromatic

#2D616D #3F8799 #5AA8BB #85BFCD #B1D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#5AA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#5AA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8BB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8BB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.082 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2cf',
    500: '#5aa8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8bb;
$custom-light: #90c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.753,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8BB

secondary

#CDACA4

accent

#6E56D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8BB

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

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