#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
RGBrgb(90, 169, 229)
HSLhsl(206, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.68, -6.57, -37.46)
CIE-LCHlch(66.68, 38.04, 260.05°)
OKLaboklab(70.94% -0.0525 -0.1053)
OKLCHoklch(70.94% 0.118 243.5)
XYZxyz(32.5420, 36.2036, 79.3866)
Luminance0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##5AA9E51.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

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

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#5AA9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva