#5AA8E5#5AA8E5

#5AA8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8E5
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -6.02, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 38.38, 260.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0515 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.118 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3567, 35.8330, 79.3248)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8E5 #E5975A

analogous

#5AE5DD #5AA8E5 #5A62E5

triadic

#5AA8E5 #E55AA8 #A8E55A

tetradic

#5AA8E5 #DD5AE5 #E5975A #62E55A

square

#5AA8E5 #DD5AE5 #E5975A #62E55A

split-complementary

#5AA8E5 #E55A62 #E5DD5A

monochromatic

#1B6BAA #258CDD #5AA8E5 #8FC4ED #C4E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#5AA8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#5AA8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8E5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8E5	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ed',
    500: '#5aa8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8e5;
$custom-light: #94c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70719,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8E5

secondary

#E7CAB4

accent

#6711D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8E5

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

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