#5AA8EC#5AA8EC

#5AA8EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8EC
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -3.78, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 41.44, 264.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0493 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.126 247)
XYZ	xyz(33.3538, 36.2318, 84.5763)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8EC #EC9E5A

analogous

#5AECE7 #5AA8EC #5A5FEC

triadic

#5AA8EC #EC5AA8 #A8EC5A

tetradic

#5AA8EC #E75AEC #EC9E5A #5FEC5A

square

#5AA8EC #E75AEC #EC9E5A #5FEC5A

split-complementary

#5AA8EC #EC5A5F #ECE75A

monochromatic

#156BB7 #238BE6 #5AA8EC #91C5F2 #C8E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5AA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#5AA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8EC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8EC	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f2',
    500: '#5aa8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8ec;
$custom-light: #95c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.36235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8EC

secondary

#EBCFB7

accent

#6C0ADC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8EC

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

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