#5AA8DE#5AA8DE

#5AA8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8DE
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -8.22, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 35.48, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0537 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.111 241)
XYZ	xyz(31.3990, 35.4499, 74.2809)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8DE #DE905A

analogous

#5ADED2 #5AA8DE #5A66DE

triadic

#5AA8DE #DE5AA8 #A8DE5A

tetradic

#5AA8DE #D25ADE #DE905A #66DE5A

square

#5AA8DE #D25ADE #DE905A #66DE5A

split-complementary

#5AA8DE #DE5A66 #DED25A

monochromatic

#206A9E #2A8DD1 #5AA8DE #8DC3E8 #C0DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5AA8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#5AA8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8DE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8DE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e8',
    500: '#5aa8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8de;
$custom-light: #93c1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70389,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.35453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8DE

secondary

#E3C5B1

accent

#6217CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8DE

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

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