#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
RGBrgb(90, 169, 239)
HSLhsl(208, 82%, 65%)
HSVhsv(208, 62%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(62.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.11, -3.37, -42.26)
CIE-LCHlch(67.11, 42.40, 265.44°)
OKLaboklab(71.43% -0.0495 -0.1192)
OKLCHoklch(71.43% 0.129 247.4)
XYZxyz(33.9786, 36.7783, 86.9529)
Luminance0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##5AA9EF1.002.518.368.36
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3621.001.001.00
##0000008.3621.001.001.00

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

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#5AA9EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva