#5AA8DB#5AA8DB

#5AA8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8DB
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -9.16, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 34.30, 254.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0547 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.108 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0005, 35.2905, 72.1821)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8DB #DB8D5A

analogous

#5ADBCD #5AA8DB #5A67DB

triadic

#5AA8DB #DB5AA8 #A8DB5A

tetradic

#5AA8DB #CD5ADB #DB8D5A #67DB5A

square

#5AA8DB #CD5ADB #DB8D5A #67DB5A

split-complementary

#5AA8DB #DB5A67 #DBCD5A

monochromatic

#216A99 #2C8DCB #5AA8DB #8CC2E6 #BEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5AA8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#5AA8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8DB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8DB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e6',
    500: '#5aa8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8db;
$custom-light: #93c1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7025,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8DB

secondary

#E1C3B0

accent

#601ACC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8DB

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

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