#5AA8D8#5AA8D8

#5AA8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8D8
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -10.09, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 33.16, 252.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0557 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.104 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6091, 35.1339, 70.1209)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8D8 #D88A5A

analogous

#5AD8C9 #5AA8D8 #5A69D8

triadic

#5AA8D8 #D85AA8 #A8D85A

tetradic

#5AA8D8 #C95AD8 #D88A5A #69D85A

square

#5AA8D8 #C95AD8 #D88A5A #69D85A

split-complementary

#5AA8D8 #D85A69 #D8C95A

monochromatic

#236995 #2F8CC6 #5AA8D8 #8BC2E4 #BDDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5AA8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#5AA8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8D8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8D8	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1e4',
    500: '#5aa8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8d8;
$custom-light: #92c1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70114,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8D8

secondary

#DFC1AF

accent

#8143E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8D8

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

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