#5AA8CE#5AA8CE

#5AA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8CE
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -13.15, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 29.73, 243.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0592 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.095 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3554, 34.6325, 63.5183)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8CE #CE805A

analogous

#5ACEBA #5AA8CE #5A6ECE

triadic

#5AA8CE #CE5AA8 #A8CE5A

tetradic

#5AA8CE #BA5ACE #CE805A #6ECE5A

square

#5AA8CE #BA5ACE #CE805A #6ECE5A

split-complementary

#5AA8CE #CE5A6E #CEBA5A

monochromatic

#286786 #368BB5 #5AA8CE #89C1DC #B8DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5AA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#5AA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8CE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8CE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1dd',
    500: '#5aa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8ce;
$custom-light: #91c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.655,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8CE

secondary

#D9BAAB

accent

#7A4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8CE

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

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