#5AA9BF#5AA9BF

#5AA9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.084 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9BF
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -18.11, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 26.05, 225.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.066 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.084 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8048, 34.3087, 54.4371)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9BF #BF705A

analogous

#5ABFA2 #5AA9BF #5A77BF

triadic

#5AA9BF #BF5AA9 #A9BF5A

tetradic

#5AA9BF #A25ABF #BF705A #77BF5A

square

#5AA9BF #A25ABF #BF705A #77BF5A

split-complementary

#5AA9BF #BF5A77 #BFA25A

monochromatic

#2C6372 #3D899E #5AA9BF #86C0D0 #B2D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#5AA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#5AA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9BF

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9BF	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.084 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d2',
    500: '#5aa9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9bf;
$custom-light: #90c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6929,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9BF

secondary

#D0AEA5

accent

#7054D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9BF

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

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