#5AA9D8#5AA9D8

#5AA9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9D8
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -10.64, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 32.91, 251.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0568 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.104 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7944, 35.5046, 70.1827)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9D8 #D8895A

analogous

#5AD8C8 #5AA9D8 #5A6AD8

triadic

#5AA9D8 #D85AA9 #A9D85A

tetradic

#5AA9D8 #C85AD8 #D8895A #6AD85A

square

#5AA9D8 #C85AD8 #D8895A #6AD85A

split-complementary

#5AA9D8 #D85A6A #D8C85A

monochromatic

#236A95 #2F8EC6 #5AA9D8 #8BC3E4 #BDDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#5AA9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#5AA9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9D8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9D8	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2e4',
    500: '#5aa9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9d8;
$custom-light: #93c2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.381,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70342,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9D8

secondary

#DFC1AF

accent

#7F43E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9D8

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

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