#5AA9E5#5AA9E5

#5AA9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9E5
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -6.57, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 38.04, 260.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0525 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.118 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5420, 36.2036, 79.3866)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9E5 #E5965A

analogous

#5AE5DB #5AA9E5 #5A64E5

triadic

#5AA9E5 #E55AA9 #A9E55A

tetradic

#5AA9E5 #DB5AE5 #E5965A #64E55A

square

#5AA9E5 #DB5AE5 #E5965A #64E55A

split-complementary

#5AA9E5 #E55A64 #E5DB5A

monochromatic

#1B6CAA #258DDD #5AA9E5 #8FC5ED #C4E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5AA9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#5AA9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9E5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9E5	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2ed',
    500: '#5aa9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9e5;
$custom-light: #94c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9E5

secondary

#E7CAB4

accent

#6511D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9E5

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

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