#5AACE4#5AACE4

#5AACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACE4
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -8.54, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 36.67, 256.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.056 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.115 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9673, 37.2770, 78.8416)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACE4 #E4925A

analogous

#5AE4D7 #5AACE4 #5A67E4

triadic

#5AACE4 #E45AAC #ACE45A

tetradic

#5AACE4 #D75AE4 #E4925A #67E45A

square

#5AACE4 #D75AE4 #E4925A #67E45A

split-complementary

#5AACE4 #E45A67 #E4D75A

monochromatic

#1C6FA8 #2592DB #5AACE4 #8FC6ED #C3E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5AACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#5AACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACE4

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACE4	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ec',
    500: '#5aace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aace4;
$custom-light: #94c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACE4

secondary

#E6C8B4

accent

#6012D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACE4

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

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