#5AA9EF#5AA9EF

#5AA9EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9EF
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -3.37, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 42.40, 265.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0495 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.129 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9786, 36.7783, 86.9529)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9EF #EFA05A

analogous

#5AEFEA #5AA9EF #5A5FEF

triadic

#5AA9EF #EF5AA9 #A9EF5A

tetradic

#5AA9EF #EA5AEF #EFA05A #5FEF5A

square

#5AA9EF #EA5AEF #EFA05A #5FEF5A

split-complementary

#5AA9EF #EF5A5F #EFEA5A

monochromatic

#126CBC #228CEA #5AA9EF #92C6F4 #CAE3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5AA9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#5AA9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9EF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9EF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769DEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c2f4',
    500: '#5aa9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9ef;
$custom-light: #95c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.188,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9EF

secondary

#ECD1B9

accent

#6C07DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9EF

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

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