#5AACE8#5AACE8

#5AACE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACE8
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -7.28, -37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 38.29, 259.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0547 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.119 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5290, 37.5017, 81.7999)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACE8 #E8965A

analogous

#5AE8DD #5AACE8 #5A65E8

triadic

#5AACE8 #E85AAC #ACE85A

tetradic

#5AACE8 #DD5AE8 #E8965A #65E85A

square

#5AACE8 #DD5AE8 #E8965A #65E85A

split-complementary

#5AACE8 #E85A65 #E8DD5A

monochromatic

#186FAF #2491E1 #5AACE8 #90C7EF #C5E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5AACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#5AACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACE8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACE8	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c4ef',
    500: '#5aace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aace8;
$custom-light: #95c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACE8

secondary

#E8CBB5

accent

#630ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACE8

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

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