#5AADCC#5AADCC

#5AADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.092 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AADCC
RGB	rgb(90, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -16.42, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 28.62, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0655 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.092 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0549, 36.4177, 62.5605)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AADCC #CC795A

analogous

#5ACCB2 #5AADCC #5A74CC

triadic

#5AADCC #CC5AAD #ADCC5A

tetradic

#5AADCC #B25ACC #CC795A #74CC5A

square

#5AADCC #B25ACC #CC795A #74CC5A

split-complementary

#5AADCC #CC5A74 #CCB25A

monochromatic

#296A83 #3790B2 #5AADCC #89C4DA #B7DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5AADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#5AADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AADCC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AADCC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aadcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.092 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5db',
    500: '#5aadcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aadcc;
$custom-light: #91c5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aadcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70746,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AADCC

secondary

#D8B6AA

accent

#734CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AADCC

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

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