#5AA9E6#5AA9E6

#5AA9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9E6
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -6.25, -37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 38.46, 260.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0522 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.119 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6820, 36.2596, 80.1240)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9E6 #E6975A

analogous

#5AE6DD #5AA9E6 #5A63E6

triadic

#5AA9E6 #E65AA9 #A9E65A

tetradic

#5AA9E6 #DD5AE6 #E6975A #63E65A

square

#5AA9E6 #DD5AE6 #E6975A #63E65A

split-complementary

#5AA9E6 #E65A63 #E6DD5A

monochromatic

#1A6CAC #258DDE #5AA9E6 #8FC5EE #C4E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5AA9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#5AA9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9E6

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9E6	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2ee',
    500: '#5aa9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9e6;
$custom-light: #94c2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9E6

secondary

#E7CBB5

accent

#6610D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9E6

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

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