#5AA9C8#5AA9C8

#5AA9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.090 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9C8
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -15.48, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 27.92, 236.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0625 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.09 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8258, 34.7171, 59.8144)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9C8 #C8795A

analogous

#5AC8B0 #5AA9C8 #5A72C8

triadic

#5AA9C8 #C85AA9 #A9C85A

tetradic

#5AA9C8 #B05AC8 #C8795A #72C85A

square

#5AA9C8 #B05AC8 #C8795A #72C85A

split-complementary

#5AA9C8 #C85A72 #C8B05A

monochromatic

#2A667E #398BAC #5AA9C8 #88C1D7 #B6D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5AA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#5AA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9C8

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9C8	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.090 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2d8',
    500: '#5aa9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9c8;
$custom-light: #91c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9C8

secondary

#D5B5A8

accent

#764EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9C8

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

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