#5AA9BE#5AA9BE

#5AA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.083 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9BE
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -18.40, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 25.89, 224.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0664 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.083 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6951, 34.2649, 53.8595)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9BE #BE6F5A

analogous

#5ABEA1 #5AA9BE #5A77BE

triadic

#5AA9BE #BE5AA9 #A9BE5A

tetradic

#5AA9BE #A15ABE #BE6F5A #77BE5A

square

#5AA9BE #A15ABE #BE6F5A #77BE5A

split-complementary

#5AA9BE #BE5A77 #BEA15A

monochromatic

#2D6371 #3E899D #5AA9BE #86C0CF #B2D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#5AA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#5AA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9BE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9BE	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.083 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d1',
    500: '#5aa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9be;
$custom-light: #90c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69251,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9BE

secondary

#CFAEA5

accent

#6F55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9BE

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

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