#5AA8BE#5AA8BE

#5AA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.083 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8BE
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -17.87, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 25.84, 226.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0652 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.083 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5098, 33.8942, 53.7977)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8BE #BE705A

analogous

#5ABEA2 #5AA8BE #5A76BE

triadic

#5AA8BE #BE5AA8 #A8BE5A

tetradic

#5AA8BE #A25ABE #BE705A #76BE5A

square

#5AA8BE #A25ABE #BE705A #76BE5A

split-complementary

#5AA8BE #BE5A76 #BEA25A

monochromatic

#2D6271 #3E889D #5AA8BE #86BFCF #B2D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#5AA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#5AA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8BE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8BE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.083 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d1',
    500: '#5aa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8be;
$custom-light: #90c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.08321,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8BE

secondary

#CFAEA5

accent

#7055D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8BE

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

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