#5AACE5#5AACE5

#5AACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACE5
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -8.23, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 37.06, 257.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0557 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.116 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1065, 37.3327, 79.5748)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACE5 #E5935A

analogous

#5AE5D8 #5AACE5 #5A67E5

triadic

#5AACE5 #E55AAC #ACE55A

tetradic

#5AACE5 #D85AE5 #E5935A #67E55A

square

#5AACE5 #D85AE5 #E5935A #67E55A

split-complementary

#5AACE5 #E55A67 #E5D85A

monochromatic

#1B6FAA #2591DD #5AACE5 #8FC7ED #C4E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5AACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#5AACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACE5

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACE5	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4ed',
    500: '#5aace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aace5;
$custom-light: #94c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71615,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACE5

secondary

#E7C9B4

accent

#6111D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACE5

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

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