#5AADE6#5AADE6

#5AADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AADE6
RGB	rgb(90, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -8.46, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 37.16, 256.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0564 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.116 241)
XYZ	xyz(33.4376, 37.7707, 80.3759)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AADE6 #E6935A

analogous

#5AE6D9 #5AADE6 #5A67E6

triadic

#5AADE6 #E65AAD #ADE65A

tetradic

#5AADE6 #D95AE6 #E6935A #67E65A

square

#5AADE6 #D95AE6 #E6935A #67E65A

split-complementary

#5AADE6 #E65A67 #E6D95A

monochromatic

#1A70AC #2593DE #5AADE6 #8FC7EE #C4E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5AADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#5AADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AADE6

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AADE6	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c5ee',
    500: '#5aade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aade6;
$custom-light: #94c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.429,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71886,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AADE6

secondary

#E7C9B5

accent

#6010D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AADE6

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

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