#5AA8CD#5AA8CD

#5AA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8CD
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -13.45, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 29.42, 242.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0595 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.094 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2344, 34.5840, 62.8805)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8CD #CD7F5A

analogous

#5ACDB8 #5AA8CD #5A6FCD

triadic

#5AA8CD #CD5AA8 #A8CD5A

tetradic

#5AA8CD #B85ACD #CD7F5A #6FCD5A

square

#5AA8CD #B85ACD #CD7F5A #6FCD5A

split-complementary

#5AA8CD #CD5A6F #CDB85A

monochromatic

#286784 #368BB3 #5AA8CD #89C1DB #B8DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5AA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#5AA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8CD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8CD	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1dc',
    500: '#5aa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8cd;
$custom-light: #91c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69631,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8CD

secondary

#D8B9AA

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8CD

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

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