#5AA9DF#5AA9DF

#5AA9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9DF
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -8.46, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 35.58, 256.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0544 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.111 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7187, 35.8743, 75.0506)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9DF #DF905A

analogous

#5ADFD3 #5AA9DF #5A67DF

triadic

#5AA9DF #DF5AA9 #A9DF5A

tetradic

#5AA9DF #D35ADF #DF905A #67DF5A

square

#5AA9DF #D35ADF #DF905A #67DF5A

split-complementary

#5AA9DF #DF5A67 #DFD35A

monochromatic

#1F6BA0 #298ED3 #5AA9DF #8DC4E9 #C1DEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#5AA9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#5AA9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9DF

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9DF	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2e9',
    500: '#5aa9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9df;
$custom-light: #93c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70661,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9DF

secondary

#E3C6B2

accent

#6116CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9DF

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

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