#5AA9EE#5AA9EE

#5AA9EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9EE
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -3.69, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 41.95, 264.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0498 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.128 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8313, 36.7194, 86.1770)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9EE #EE9F5A

analogous

#5AEEE9 #5AA9EE #5A5FEE

triadic

#5AA9EE #EE5AA9 #A9EE5A

tetradic

#5AA9EE #E95AEE #EE9F5A #5FEE5A

square

#5AA9EE #E95AEE #EE9F5A #5FEE5A

split-complementary

#5AA9EE #EE5A5F #EEE95A

monochromatic

#136CBA #238CE8 #5AA9EE #91C6F4 #C9E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5AA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#5AA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9EE

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9EE	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779DED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c2f4',
    500: '#5aa9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9ee;
$custom-light: #95c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.973,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71379,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9EE

secondary

#ECD0B8

accent

#6C08DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9EE

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

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