#5AA8EB#5AA8EB

#5AA8EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8EB
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -4.10, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 40.99, 264.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0496 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.125 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2089, 36.1739, 83.8133)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8EB #EB9D5A

analogous

#5AEBE5 #5AA8EB #5A5FEB

triadic

#5AA8EB #EB5AA8 #A8EB5A

tetradic

#5AA8EB #E55AEB #EB9D5A #5FEB5A

square

#5AA8EB #E55AEB #EB9D5A #5FEB5A

split-complementary

#5AA8EB #EB5A5F #EBE55A

monochromatic

#166BB5 #238BE4 #5AA8EB #91C5F2 #C7E2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5AA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#5AA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8EB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8EB	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f1',
    500: '#5aa8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8eb;
$custom-light: #95c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.724,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7101,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8EB

secondary

#EACEB7

accent

#6B0BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8EB

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

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