#5AA9E9#5AA9E9

#5AA9E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9E9
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 27.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -5.30, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 39.74, 262.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0513 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.122 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1069, 36.4296, 82.3619)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9E9 #E99A5A

analogous

#5AE9E1 #5AA9E9 #5A61E9

triadic

#5AA9E9 #E95AA9 #A9E95A

tetradic

#5AA9E9 #E15AE9 #E99A5A #61E95A

square

#5AA9E9 #E15AE9 #E99A5A #61E95A

split-complementary

#5AA9E9 #E95A61 #E9E15A

monochromatic

#186CB1 #248DE2 #5AA9E9 #90C5F0 #C6E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5AA9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#5AA9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9E9

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9E9	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c2f0',
    500: '#5aa9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9e9;
$custom-light: #95c2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.853,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9E9

secondary

#E9CDB6

accent

#680DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9E9

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

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