#5AAAE5#5AAAE5

#5AAAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAAE5
RGB	rgb(90, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -7.12, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 37.70, 259.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0536 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.117 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7288, 36.5771, 79.4488)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAAE5 #E5955A

analogous

#5AE5DB #5AAAE5 #5A64E5

triadic

#5AAAE5 #E55AAA #AAE55A

tetradic

#5AAAE5 #DB5AE5 #E5955A #64E55A

square

#5AAAE5 #DB5AE5 #E5955A #64E55A

split-complementary

#5AAAE5 #E55A64 #E5DB5A

monochromatic

#1B6DAA #258FDD #5AAAE5 #8FC5ED #C4E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5AAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#5AAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAAE5

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAAE5	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#90ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3ed',
    500: '#5aaae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaae5;
$custom-light: #94c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.468,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71166,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAAE5

secondary

#E7CAB4

accent

#6411D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAAE5

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

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