#5AA8EE#5AA8EE

#5AA8EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8EE
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -3.13, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 42.34, 265.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0488 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.129 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6460, 36.3487, 86.1152)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8EE #EEA05A

analogous

#5AEEEA #5AA8EE #5A5EEE

triadic

#5AA8EE #EE5AA8 #A8EE5A

tetradic

#5AA8EE #EA5AEE #EEA05A #5EEE5A

square

#5AA8EE #EA5AEE #EEA05A #5EEE5A

split-complementary

#5AA8EE #EE5A5E #EEEA5A

monochromatic

#136BBA #238BE8 #5AA8EE #91C5F4 #C9E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5AA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#5AA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8EE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8EE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f4',
    500: '#5aa8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8ee;
$custom-light: #95c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.378,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71158,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8EE

secondary

#ECD1B8

accent

#6D08DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8EE

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

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