#5AADD8#5AADD8

#5AADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AADD8
RGB	rgb(90, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -12.81, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 32.04, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0611 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.102 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5500, 37.0157, 70.4345)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AADD8 #D8855A

analogous

#5AD8C4 #5AADD8 #5A6ED8

triadic

#5AADD8 #D85AAD #ADD85A

tetradic

#5AADD8 #C45AD8 #D8855A #6ED85A

square

#5AADD8 #C45AD8 #D8855A #6ED85A

split-complementary

#5AADD8 #D85A6E #D8C45A

monochromatic

#236E95 #2F92C6 #5AADD8 #8BC6E4 #BDDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5AADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#5AADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AADD8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AADD8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c5e4',
    500: '#5aadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aadd8;
$custom-light: #93c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.476,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AADD8

secondary

#DFBFAF

accent

#7A43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AADD8

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

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