#5AA9CE#5AA9CE

#5AA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9CE
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -13.69, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 29.58, 242.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0603 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.095 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5408, 35.0031, 63.5801)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9CE #CE7F5A

analogous

#5ACEB9 #5AA9CE #5A6FCE

triadic

#5AA9CE #CE5AA9 #A9CE5A

tetradic

#5AA9CE #B95ACE #CE7F5A #6FCE5A

square

#5AA9CE #B95ACE #CE7F5A #6FCE5A

split-complementary

#5AA9CE #CE5A6F #CEB95A

monochromatic

#286886 #368CB5 #5AA9CE #89C2DC #B8DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5AA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#5AA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9CE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9CE	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2dd',
    500: '#5aa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9ce;
$custom-light: #91c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9CE

secondary

#D9BAAB

accent

#794ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9CE

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

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