#5AACCC#5AACCC

#5AACCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.092 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACCC
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -15.89, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 28.69, 236.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0644 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.092 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8639, 36.0356, 62.4968)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACCC #CC7A5A

analogous

#5ACCB3 #5AACCC #5A73CC

triadic

#5AACCC #CC5AAC #ACCC5A

tetradic

#5AACCC #B35ACC #CC7A5A #73CC5A

square

#5AACCC #B35ACC #CC7A5A #73CC5A

split-complementary

#5AACCC #CC5A73 #CCB35A

monochromatic

#296A83 #378FB2 #5AACCC #89C4DA #B7DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#5AACCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#5AACCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACCC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACCC	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.092 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4db',
    500: '#5aaccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaccc;
$custom-light: #91c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACCC

secondary

#D8B7AA

accent

#744CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACCC

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

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