#5AA8D6#5AA8D6

#5AA8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8D6
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -10.71, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 32.43, 250.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0564 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.102 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3521, 35.0312, 68.7675)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8D6 #D6885A

analogous

#5AD6C6 #5AA8D6 #5A6AD6

triadic

#5AA8D6 #D65AA8 #A8D65A

tetradic

#5AA8D6 #C65AD6 #D6885A #6AD65A

square

#5AA8D6 #C65AD6 #D6885A #6AD65A

split-complementary

#5AA8D6 #D65A6A #D6C65A

monochromatic

#246991 #308CC2 #5AA8D6 #8BC2E2 #BCDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5AA8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#5AA8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8D6

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8D6	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1e2',
    500: '#5aa8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8d6;
$custom-light: #92c1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.258,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70024,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8D6

secondary

#DEC0AE

accent

#7F44E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8D6

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

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