#5AACC0#5AACC0

#5AACC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.085 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACC0
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -19.39, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 26.38, 222.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.069 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.085 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4797, 35.4819, 55.2068)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACC0 #C06E5A

analogous

#5AC0A1 #5AACC0 #5A79C0

triadic

#5AACC0 #C05AAC #ACC05A

tetradic

#5AACC0 #A15AC0 #C06E5A #79C05A

square

#5AACC0 #A15AC0 #C06E5A #79C05A

split-complementary

#5AACC0 #C05A79 #C0A15A

monochromatic

#2C6573 #3D8CA0 #5AACC0 #86C2D1 #B3D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#5AACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#5AACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACC0

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACC0	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aacc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.085 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5d3',
    500: '#5aacc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aacc0;
$custom-light: #90c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aacc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70034,
    "c": 0.08491,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACC0

secondary

#D0AEA6

accent

#6D53D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACC0

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

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