#5AAACC#5AAACC

#5AAACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.093 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAACC
RGB	rgb(90, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -14.82, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 28.88, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0621 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.093 228)
XYZ	xyz(29.4861, 35.2801, 62.3709)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAACC #CC7C5A

analogous

#5ACCB5 #5AAACC #5A71CC

triadic

#5AAACC #CC5AAA #AACC5A

tetradic

#5AAACC #B55ACC #CC7C5A #71CC5A

square

#5AAACC #B55ACC #CC7C5A #71CC5A

split-complementary

#5AAACC #CC5A71 #CCB55A

monochromatic

#296883 #378DB2 #5AAACC #89C2DA #B7DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5AAACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#5AAACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAACC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAACC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.093 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3db',
    500: '#5aaacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaacc;
$custom-light: #91c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70051,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAACC

secondary

#D8B8AA

accent

#774CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAACC

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

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