#5AAEC0#5AAEC0

#5AAEC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.085 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEC0
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -20.43, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 26.58, 219.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0713 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.085 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8632, 36.2489, 55.3347)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEC0 #C06C5A

analogous

#5AC09F #5AAEC0 #5A7BC0

triadic

#5AAEC0 #C05AAE #AEC05A

tetradic

#5AAEC0 #9F5AC0 #C06C5A #7BC05A

square

#5AAEC0 #9F5AC0 #C06C5A #7BC05A

split-complementary

#5AAEC0 #C05A7B #C09F5A

monochromatic

#2C6773 #3D8EA0 #5AAEC0 #86C4D1 #B3D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5AAEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#5AAEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEC0

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEC0	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.085 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6d3',
    500: '#5aaec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaec0;
$custom-light: #90c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70504,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEC0

secondary

#D0ADA6

accent

#6A53D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEC0

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

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