#5AA9D4#5AA9D4

#5AA9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.100 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9D4
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -11.87, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 31.50, 247.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0582 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.1 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2836, 35.3003, 67.4923)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9D4 #D4855A

analogous

#5AD4C2 #5AA9D4 #5A6CD4

triadic

#5AA9D4 #D45AA9 #A9D45A

tetradic

#5AA9D4 #C25AD4 #D4855A #6CD45A

square

#5AA9D4 #C25AD4 #D4855A #6CD45A

split-complementary

#5AA9D4 #D45A6C #D4C25A

monochromatic

#25698E #328DBF #5AA9D4 #8BC2E1 #BBDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5AA9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#5AA9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9D4

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9D4	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.100 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2e1',
    500: '#5aa9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9d4;
$custom-light: #92c2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9D4

secondary

#DDBEAD

accent

#7D46E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9D4

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

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