#5AAED8#5AAED8

#5AAED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAED8
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -13.34, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 31.86, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0622 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.102 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7424, 37.4006, 70.4987)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAED8 #D8845A

analogous

#5AD8C3 #5AAED8 #5A6FD8

triadic

#5AAED8 #D85AAE #AED85A

tetradic

#5AAED8 #C35AD8 #D8845A #6FD85A

square

#5AAED8 #C35AD8 #D8845A #6FD85A

split-complementary

#5AAED8 #D85A6F #D8C35A

monochromatic

#236F95 #2F94C6 #5AAED8 #8BC6E4 #BDDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5AAED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#5AAED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAED8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAED8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e4',
    500: '#5aaed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaed8;
$custom-light: #93c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAED8

secondary

#DFBFAF

accent

#7943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAED8

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

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