#5AACE3#5AACE3

#5AACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACE3
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -8.85, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 36.27, 255.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0563 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.114 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8289, 37.2216, 78.1126)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACE3 #E3915A

analogous

#5AE3D6 #5AACE3 #5A67E3

triadic

#5AACE3 #E35AAC #ACE35A

tetradic

#5AACE3 #D65AE3 #E3915A #67E35A

square

#5AACE3 #D65AE3 #E3915A #67E35A

split-complementary

#5AACE3 #E35A67 #E3D65A

monochromatic

#1C6FA6 #2692DA #5AACE3 #8EC6EC #C3E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5AACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#5AACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACE3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACE3	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ec',
    500: '#5aace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aace3;
$custom-light: #94c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71522,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACE3

secondary

#E6C7B3

accent

#6012D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACE3

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

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