#5AA8DD#5AA8DD

#5AA8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8DD
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -8.54, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 35.08, 255.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.054 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.11 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2653, 35.3964, 73.5771)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8DD #DD8F5A

analogous

#5ADDD0 #5AA8DD #5A66DD

triadic

#5AA8DD #DD5AA8 #A8DD5A

tetradic

#5AA8DD #D05ADD #DD8F5A #66DD5A

square

#5AA8DD #D05ADD #DD8F5A #66DD5A

split-complementary

#5AA8DD #DD5A66 #DDD05A

monochromatic

#206A9C #2B8DCF #5AA8DD #8DC3E7 #BFDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5AA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#5AA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8DD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8DD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e7',
    500: '#5aa8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8dd;
$custom-light: #93c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.275,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70342,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8DD

secondary

#E2C5B1

accent

#6118CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8DD

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

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