#5AA9E4#5AA9E4

#5AA9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9E4
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -6.89, -36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 37.62, 259.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0528 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.117 243)
XYZ	xyz(32.4028, 36.1479, 78.6534)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9E4 #E4955A

analogous

#5AE4DA #5AA9E4 #5A64E4

triadic

#5AA9E4 #E45AA9 #A9E45A

tetradic

#5AA9E4 #DA5AE4 #E4955A #64E45A

square

#5AA9E4 #DA5AE4 #E4955A #64E45A

split-complementary

#5AA9E4 #E45A64 #E4DA5A

monochromatic

#1C6CA8 #258EDB #5AA9E4 #8FC4ED #C3E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5AA9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#5AA9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9E4

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9E4	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2ec',
    500: '#5aa9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9e4;
$custom-light: #94c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.652,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70895,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.36151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9E4

secondary

#E6C9B4

accent

#6512D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9E4

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

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