#5AA9EC#5AA9EC

#5AA9EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9EC
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -4.34, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 41.06, 263.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0504 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.126 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5391, 36.6025, 84.6381)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9EC #EC9D5A

analogous

#5AECE6 #5AA9EC #5A60EC

triadic

#5AA9EC #EC5AA9 #A9EC5A

tetradic

#5AA9EC #E65AEC #EC9D5A #60EC5A

square

#5AA9EC #E65AEC #EC9D5A #60EC5A

split-complementary

#5AA9EC #EC5A60 #ECE65A

monochromatic

#156CB7 #238CE6 #5AA9EC #91C6F2 #C8E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5AA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#5AA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9EC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9EC	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c2f2',
    500: '#5aa9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9ec;
$custom-light: #95c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9EC

secondary

#EBCFB7

accent

#6A0ADC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9EC

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

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