#5AADE5#5AADE5

#5AADE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AADE5
RGB	rgb(90, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -8.77, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 36.76, 256.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0567 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.115 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2976, 37.7147, 79.6384)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AADE5 #E5925A

analogous

#5AE5D8 #5AADE5 #5A67E5

triadic

#5AADE5 #E55AAD #ADE55A

tetradic

#5AADE5 #D85AE5 #E5925A #67E55A

square

#5AADE5 #D85AE5 #E5925A #67E55A

split-complementary

#5AADE5 #E55A67 #E5D85A

monochromatic

#1B70AA #2593DD #5AADE5 #8FC7ED #C4E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5AADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#5AADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AADE5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AADE5	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c5ed',
    500: '#5aade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aade5;
$custom-light: #94c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.173,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7184,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AADE5

secondary

#E7C8B4

accent

#6011D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AADE5

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

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