#5AAEC8#5AAEC8

#5AAEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEC8
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -18.12, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 27.74, 229.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0681 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.09 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7738, 36.6132, 60.1304)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEC8 #C8745A

analogous

#5AC8AB #5AAEC8 #5A77C8

triadic

#5AAEC8 #C85AAE #AEC85A

tetradic

#5AAEC8 #AB5AC8 #C8745A #77C85A

square

#5AAEC8 #AB5AC8 #C8745A #77C85A

split-complementary

#5AAEC8 #C85A77 #C8AB5A

monochromatic

#2A6A7E #3991AC #5AAEC8 #88C5D7 #B6DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5AAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#5AAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEC8

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEC8	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6d8',
    500: '#5aaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaec8;
$custom-light: #91c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70817,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEC8

secondary

#D5B3A8

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEC8

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

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