#5AA8DC#5AA8DC

#5AA8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8DC
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -8.85, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 34.69, 255.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0544 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.109 240)
XYZ	xyz(31.1325, 35.3433, 72.8776)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8DC #DC8E5A

analogous

#5ADCCF #5AA8DC #5A67DC

triadic

#5AA8DC #DC5AA8 #A8DC5A

tetradic

#5AA8DC #CF5ADC #DC8E5A #67DC5A

square

#5AA8DC #CF5ADC #DC8E5A #67DC5A

split-complementary

#5AA8DC #DC5A67 #DCCF5A

monochromatic

#216A9B #2C8DCD #5AA8DC #8CC3E7 #BFDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5AA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#5AA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8DC

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8DC	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e7',
    500: '#5aa8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8dc;
$custom-light: #93c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.35346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8DC

secondary

#E2C4B0

accent

#6119CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8DC

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

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