#5AA8D9#5AA8D9

#5AA8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8D9
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -9.78, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 33.54, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0554 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.105 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7388, 35.1858, 70.8038)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8D9 #D98B5A

analogous

#5AD9CB #5AA8D9 #5A68D9

triadic

#5AA8D9 #D95AA8 #A8D95A

tetradic

#5AA8D9 #CB5AD9 #D98B5A #68D95A

square

#5AA8D9 #CB5AD9 #D98B5A #68D95A

split-complementary

#5AA8D9 #D95A68 #D9CB5A

monochromatic

#236996 #2E8CC8 #5AA8D9 #8CC2E4 #BDDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5AA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#5AA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8D9

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8D9	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e5',
    500: '#5aa8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8d9;
$custom-light: #93c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.15,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70159,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8D9

secondary

#E0C2AF

accent

#5F1BCA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8D9

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

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