#5AA8BD#5AA8BD

#5AA8BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.083 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8BD
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -18.16, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 25.69, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0656 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.083 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4008, 33.8506, 53.2241)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8BD #BD6F5A

analogous

#5ABDA0 #5AA8BD #5A77BD

triadic

#5AA8BD #BD5AA8 #A8BD5A

tetradic

#5AA8BD #A05ABD #BD6F5A #77BD5A

square

#5AA8BD #A05ABD #BD6F5A #77BD5A

split-complementary

#5AA8BD #BD5A77 #BDA05A

monochromatic

#2D6270 #3E889C #5AA8BD #86BFCE #B1D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#5AA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#5AA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8BD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8BD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.083 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d0',
    500: '#5aa8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8bd;
$custom-light: #90c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68977,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8BD

secondary

#CEADA5

accent

#7055D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8BD

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

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