#5AA8E1#5AA8E1

#5AA8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8E1
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -7.28, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 36.70, 258.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0527 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.114 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8046, 35.6122, 76.4173)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8E1 #E1935A

analogous

#5AE1D6 #5AA8E1 #5A65E1

triadic

#5AA8E1 #E15AA8 #A8E15A

tetradic

#5AA8E1 #D65AE1 #E1935A #65E15A

square

#5AA8E1 #D65AE1 #E1935A #65E15A

split-complementary

#5AA8E1 #E15A65 #E1D65A

monochromatic

#1E6BA3 #278DD7 #5AA8E1 #8EC3EA #C2DFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#5AA8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#5AA8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8E1

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8E1	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ea',
    500: '#5aa8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8e1;
$custom-light: #94c1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70529,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8E1

secondary

#E4C8B2

accent

#6414D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8E1

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

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