#5AA9DB#5AA9DB

#5AA9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9DB
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -9.71, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 34.03, 253.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0558 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.107 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1858, 35.6611, 72.2439)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9DB #DB8C5A

analogous

#5ADBCD #5AA9DB #5A68DB

triadic

#5AA9DB #DB5AA9 #A9DB5A

tetradic

#5AA9DB #CD5ADB #DB8C5A #68DB5A

square

#5AA9DB #CD5ADB #DB8C5A #68DB5A

split-complementary

#5AA9DB #DB5A68 #DBCD5A

monochromatic

#216B99 #2C8ECB #5AA9DB #8CC3E6 #BEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#5AA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#5AA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9DB

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9DB	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2e6',
    500: '#5aa9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9db;
$custom-light: #93c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70477,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9DB

secondary

#E1C3B0

accent

#5F1ACC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9DB

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

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