#5AACE1#5AACE1

#5AACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACE1
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -9.48, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 35.49, 254.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.057 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.112 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5545, 37.1118, 76.6673)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACE1 #E18F5A

analogous

#5AE1D3 #5AACE1 #5A68E1

triadic

#5AACE1 #E15AAC #ACE15A

tetradic

#5AACE1 #D35AE1 #E18F5A #68E15A

square

#5AACE1 #D35AE1 #E18F5A #68E15A

split-complementary

#5AACE1 #E15A68 #E1D35A

monochromatic

#1E6FA3 #2792D7 #5AACE1 #8EC6EA #C2E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5AACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#5AACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACE1

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACE1	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ea',
    500: '#5aace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aace1;
$custom-light: #94c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACE1

secondary

#E4C6B2

accent

#5E14D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACE1

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

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