#5AA9BB#5AA9BB

#5AA9BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.082 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9BB
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -19.26, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 25.49, 220.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0676 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.082 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3706, 34.1351, 52.1504)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9BB #BB6C5A

analogous

#5ABB9D #5AA9BB #5A79BB

triadic

#5AA9BB #BB5AA9 #A9BB5A

tetradic

#5AA9BB #9D5ABB #BB6C5A #79BB5A

square

#5AA9BB #9D5ABB #BB6C5A #79BB5A

split-complementary

#5AA9BB #BB5A79 #BB9D5A

monochromatic

#2D626D #3F8899 #5AA9BB #85C0CD #B1D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#5AA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#5AA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9BB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9BB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.082 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2cf',
    500: '#5aa9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9bb;
$custom-light: #90c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.134,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69135,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9BB

secondary

#CDABA4

accent

#6D56D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9BB

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

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