#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
RGBrgb(90, 169, 230)
HSLhsl(206, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.72, -6.25, -37.95)
CIE-LCHlch(66.72, 38.46, 260.64°)
OKLaboklab(70.99% -0.0522 -0.1067)
OKLCHoklch(70.99% 0.119 243.9)
XYZxyz(32.6820, 36.2596, 80.1240)
Luminance0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##5AA9E61.002.548.258.25
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2521.001.001.00
##0000008.2521.001.001.00

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

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#5AA9E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva