#5AACC8#5AACC8

#5AACC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.090 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACC8
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -17.07, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 27.77, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0659 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.09 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3903, 35.8462, 60.0026)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACC8 #C8765A

analogous

#5AC8AD #5AACC8 #5A75C8

triadic

#5AACC8 #C85AAC #ACC85A

tetradic

#5AACC8 #AD5AC8 #C8765A #75C85A

square

#5AACC8 #AD5AC8 #C8765A #75C85A

split-complementary

#5AACC8 #C85A75 #C8AD5A

monochromatic

#2A687E #398EAC #5AACC8 #88C3D7 #B6DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#5AACC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#5AACC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACC8

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACC8	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aacc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.090 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4d8',
    500: '#5aacc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aacc8;
$custom-light: #91c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aacc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7035,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACC8

secondary

#D5B4A8

accent

#724EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACC8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →