#5AA8BF#5AA8BF

#5AA8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.084 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8BF
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -17.59, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 26.01, 227.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0648 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.084 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6194, 33.9381, 54.3753)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8BF #BF715A

analogous

#5ABFA3 #5AA8BF #5A76BF

triadic

#5AA8BF #BF5AA8 #A8BF5A

tetradic

#5AA8BF #A35ABF #BF715A #76BF5A

square

#5AA8BF #A35ABF #BF715A #76BF5A

split-complementary

#5AA8BF #BF5A76 #BFA35A

monochromatic

#2C6272 #3D889E #5AA8BF #86BFD0 #B2D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#5AA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#5AA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8BF

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8BF	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.084 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d2',
    500: '#5aa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8bf;
$custom-light: #90c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.663,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8BF

secondary

#D0AFA5

accent

#7154D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8BF

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

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