#5AAEC6#5AAEC6

#5AAEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.088 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEC6
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -18.71, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 27.39, 226.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0689 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.088 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5416, 36.5203, 58.9075)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEC6 #C6725A

analogous

#5AC6A8 #5AAEC6 #5A78C6

triadic

#5AAEC6 #C65AAE #AEC65A

tetradic

#5AAEC6 #A85AC6 #C6725A #78C65A

square

#5AAEC6 #A85AC6 #C6725A #78C65A

split-complementary

#5AAEC6 #C65A78 #C6A85A

monochromatic

#2B697B #3A90A9 #5AAEC6 #87C4D6 #B5DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5AAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#5AAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEC6

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEC6	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.088 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6d7',
    500: '#5aaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaec6;
$custom-light: #91c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.08844,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEC6

secondary

#D4B2A8

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEC6

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

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