#5AADD1#5AADD1

#5AADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AADD1
RGBrgb(90, 173, 209)
HSLhsl(198, 56%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 57%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(56.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(67.02, -14.93, -25.92)
CIE-LCHlch(67.02, 29.91, 240.06°)
OKLaboklab(70.95% -0.0636 -0.0722)
OKLCHoklch(70.95% 0.096 228.6)
XYZxyz(30.6642, 36.6614, 65.7696)
Luminance0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AADD1 #D17E5A
analogous
#5AD1B9 #5AADD1 #5A71D1
triadic
#5AADD1 #D15AAD #ADD15A
tetradic
#5AADD1 #B95AD1 #D17E5A #71D15A
square
#5AADD1 #B95AD1 #D17E5A #71D15A
split-complementary
#5AADD1 #D15A71 #D1B95A
monochromatic
#276C8A #3491BA #5AADD1 #8AC5DE #BADDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#5AADD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33
#5AADD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AADD1
8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AADD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AADD11.002.528.338.33
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3321.001.001.00
##0000008.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AAAD3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#899ED1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5aadd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 228.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5df',
    500: '#5aadd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5aadd1;
$custom-light: #92c5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5aadd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AADD1
secondary
#DBBAAC
accent
#7648E0
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0E1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AADD1

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

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#5AADD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva