#5AACE0#5AACE0

#5AACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACE0
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -9.79, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 35.11, 253.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0573 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.111 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4185, 37.0574, 75.9509)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACE0 #E08E5A

analogous

#5AE0D1 #5AACE0 #5A69E0

triadic

#5AACE0 #E05AAC #ACE05A

tetradic

#5AACE0 #D15AE0 #E08E5A #69E05A

square

#5AACE0 #D15AE0 #E08E5A #69E05A

split-complementary

#5AACE0 #E05A69 #E0D15A

monochromatic

#1E6EA1 #2892D5 #5AACE0 #8EC6EA #C1E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5AACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5AACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACE0

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACE0	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ea',
    500: '#5aace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aace0;
$custom-light: #94c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACE0

secondary

#E4C5B2

accent

#5E15D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACE0

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

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