#5AAED6#5AAED6

#5AAED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAED6
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -13.95, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 31.23, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0629 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.1 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4855, 37.2978, 69.1452)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAED6 #D6825A

analogous

#5AD6C0 #5AAED6 #5A70D6

triadic

#5AAED6 #D65AAE #AED65A

tetradic

#5AAED6 #C05AD6 #D6825A #70D65A

square

#5AAED6 #C05AD6 #D6825A #70D65A

split-complementary

#5AAED6 #D65A70 #D6C05A

monochromatic

#246E91 #3093C2 #5AAED6 #8BC6E2 #BCDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5AAED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#5AAED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAED6

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAED6	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e2',
    500: '#5aaed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaed6;
$custom-light: #93c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71397,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAED6

secondary

#DEBDAE

accent

#7844E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAED6

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

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