#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
RGBrgb(90, 169, 233)
HSLhsl(207, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(207, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 27.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.85, -5.30, -39.39)
CIE-LCHlch(66.85, 39.74, 262.34°)
OKLaboklab(71.13% -0.0513 -0.1109)
OKLCHoklch(71.13% 0.122 245.2)
XYZxyz(33.1069, 36.4296, 82.3619)
Luminance0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##5AA9E91.002.538.298.29
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2921.001.001.00
##0000008.2921.001.001.00

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

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#5AA9E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva