#5AADE9#5AADE9

#5AADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AADE9
RGB	rgb(90, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -7.51, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 38.37, 258.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0554 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.119 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8625, 37.9407, 82.6137)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AADE9 #E9965A

analogous

#5AE9DE #5AADE9 #5A65E9

triadic

#5AADE9 #E95AAD #ADE95A

tetradic

#5AADE9 #DE5AE9 #E9965A #65E95A

square

#5AADE9 #DE5AE9 #E9965A #65E95A

split-complementary

#5AADE9 #E95A65 #E9DE5A

monochromatic

#1871B1 #2492E2 #5AADE9 #90C8F0 #C6E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5AADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#5AADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AADE9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AADE9	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c5f0',
    500: '#5aade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aade9;
$custom-light: #95c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AADE9

secondary

#E9CBB6

accent

#620DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AADE9

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

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