#5AA8E7#5AA8E7

#5AA8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8E7
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -5.38, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 39.24, 262.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0508 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.121 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6375, 35.9453, 80.8040)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8E7 #E7995A

analogous

#5AE7E0 #5AA8E7 #5A61E7

triadic

#5AA8E7 #E75AA8 #A8E75A

tetradic

#5AA8E7 #E05AE7 #E7995A #61E75A

square

#5AA8E7 #E05AE7 #E7995A #61E75A

split-complementary

#5AA8E7 #E75A61 #E7E05A

monochromatic

#196BAD #258CDF #5AA8E7 #8FC4EF #C5E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#5AA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#5AA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8E7

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8E7	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ef',
    500: '#5aa8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8e7;
$custom-light: #94c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70815,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8E7

secondary

#E8CCB5

accent

#680FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8E7

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

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